MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The judge in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case has ordered the church and its creditors to begin “meaningful settlement negotiations.” And, depending on their progress, she could order them into mediation aimed at hammering out an agreement as early as June.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley ordered the negotiations during a status and scheduling conference Wednesday.
Kelley also expressed her willingness to allow the public release of at least some parts of the depositions of retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland and retired Bishop Richard Sklba, who handled the archdiocese’s sex abuse issues for nearly three decades. The names of victims would be redacted.
The bankruptcy creditors committee, composed of church sex abuse victims, has asked the judge to order a global mediation that would include the archdiocese, victims, insurers, and parishes and religious orders named in sex abuse claims.
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