NORWICH (CT)
Stamford Advocate [Stamford CT]
September 23, 2024
By Alex Wood
Lawyers for people seeking compensation from the Norwich Roman Catholic Diocese for sexual abuse they say they suffered as children are accusing the diocese of taking advantage of a change required by a U.S. Supreme Court decision to reduce the compensation it previously agreed to offer.
Lawyer Kelly E. Reardon, who represents 32 of those making claims, said the diocese had previously agreed to pledge assets, which included real estate and other items, estimated to be worth a total of $29 million to $30 million to compensate the roughly 150 claimants. She said at least half the claimants allege that were abused at the Mt. St. John School for troubled boys in Deep River.
Reardon said the latest plan submitted by the diocese and other parties to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut reduces the amount of cash contributed to the settlement fund by $3.2 million, without increasing contributions of other assets.