DENVER (CO)
Colorado Public Radio
October 21, 2019
By Anthony Cotton, Andrea Dukakis, and Alex Scoville
It’s a difficult job, but one attorney Kenneth Feinberg has taken on — again and again.
After 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombings and the Aurora Theater shooting, Feinberg has been responsible for deciding how much money is owed to victims of those tragedies and others. By his own admission they aren’t easy decisions.
“This is a judgment that one has to make based on the credibility of the claim, the nature and scope of the abuse and the damage suffered by the victim,” Feinberg said.
Now he’s being asked to make that judgement again, this time for the victims of sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Colorado.
The formation of the Colorado Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program was announced by Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Attorney General Phil Weiser in February along with a review of church records to determine which priests in the dioceses of Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo have had credible allegations of sexual abuse made against them.
Feinberg has done similar work with other Catholic Church victims in other states, including California, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
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