MILWAUKEE (WI)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By GREG MOORE
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge in Milwaukee approved a reorganization plan for the city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese Monday that calls for $21 million to be paid to hundreds of clergy abuse victims.
The plan approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley splits most of that money among 355 people. Another class of 104 victims will get about $2,000 each.
Several victims have said they wished the settlement amounts had been larger and that they wanted to see deeper investigation of abuse claims. Victim advocates have sharply criticized the proposed settlement for its size.
The archdiocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2011 to address its sex abuse lawsuit liabilities, and is among a dozen nationally to do so in the past decade.
Church lawyers have said all claims have been properly investigated.
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