Diocese to pay $10 million upfront to sex-abuse victims as bankruptcy plan OK'd
Tucson, Arizona --
By mid-September, about 50 checks ranging from $15,000 to $600,000 will be in the mail to victims of sexual abuse by clergy members in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson. More than $22 million has been set aside to cover claims.
A federal bankruptcy judge yesterday approved the diocese's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan after a nearly daylong hearing.
Initially, about $10 million will be paid to 45 victims and to five of their relatives. Five settlements with other victims are pending.
The plan approved by Judge James Marlar will set up a fund for victims who may come forward later. About a dozen are expected to come forward.
The historic action by Marlar makes the diocese the first in the nation to emerge from bankruptcy after a pedophilia scandal.
The plan calls for the diocese's 74 parishes to contribute $2 million to the settlement fund, which totals about $22.2 million.
About $14.8 million of the fund will come from diocesan insurers.
Read the article at tucsoncitizen.com Dated July 12, 2005
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By mid-September, about 50 checks ranging from $15,000 to $600,000 will be in the mail to victims of sexual abuse by clergy members in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson. More than $22 million has been set aside to cover claims.
A federal bankruptcy judge yesterday approved the diocese's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan after a nearly daylong hearing.
Initially, about $10 million will be paid to 45 victims and to five of their relatives. Five settlements with other victims are pending.
The plan approved by Judge James Marlar will set up a fund for victims who may come forward later. About a dozen are expected to come forward.
The historic action by Marlar makes the diocese the first in the nation to emerge from bankruptcy after a pedophilia scandal.
The plan calls for the diocese's 74 parishes to contribute $2 million to the settlement fund, which totals about $22.2 million.
About $14.8 million of the fund will come from diocesan insurers.
Read the article at tucsoncitizen.com Dated July 12, 2005
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