MILWAUKEE (WI)
CBS 58
by Sandra Torres
Story Created: Feb 12, 2014
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Archdiocese is setting aside about four million dollars to settle with sex abuse victims. That amount gives each victim about $6,000 for what was done to them. This compensation package is a part of a larger bankruptcy reorganization plan filed in federal court. The move is upsetting several victims of Catholic priests.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee says its plan of reorganization has three parts. It will provide abuse survivors lifetime therapy for what they’ve gone through. it will take about four million dollars from non-restricted assets from the archdiocese estate. The archdiocese will pay costs related to the bankruptcy including legal and accounting fees.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests(SNAP) says that’s not enough to properly compensate the 570 victims from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Abuse victim Monica Barrett got emotion as she reacted to how the archdiocese of Milwaukee plans to compensate her and other abuse survivors. “It’s much like being raped all over again, because we’ve fought for decades to even get to this point and he says we’re out of money.”
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