Diocese sets $20M ceiling for abuse claims
Tucson, Arizona --
Court papers filed in Tucson Monday indicate the Catholic Diocese of Tucson intends to spend no more than $20 million to settle all claims of priest sexual abuse.
That would put the average settlement amount per claimant at less than $50,000, not counting unknown future claimants who have yet to file for compensation.
Some claimants will be offered a payment of $15,000, according to the documents.
Previous claimants whose cases were settled in state court, before the diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall, got an average of $2 million each from the diocese.
A revised proposed settlement agreement filed Monday would shield the $595,549 the diocese collected from the sale of its Regina Cleri property in Tucson to a nonprofit corporation that operates St. Augustine High School at the East Side site.
Read the article at TucsonCitizen.com dated 04/29/05
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Court papers filed in Tucson Monday indicate the Catholic Diocese of Tucson intends to spend no more than $20 million to settle all claims of priest sexual abuse.
That would put the average settlement amount per claimant at less than $50,000, not counting unknown future claimants who have yet to file for compensation.
Some claimants will be offered a payment of $15,000, according to the documents.
Previous claimants whose cases were settled in state court, before the diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall, got an average of $2 million each from the diocese.
A revised proposed settlement agreement filed Monday would shield the $595,549 the diocese collected from the sale of its Regina Cleri property in Tucson to a nonprofit corporation that operates St. Augustine High School at the East Side site.
Read the article at TucsonCitizen.com dated 04/29/05
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