June 08, 2005

Negotiators ask judge's OK

COVINGTON (KY)
Cincinnati Post

By Kevin Eigelbach
Post staff reporter

The three principal negotiators of the Catholic Diocese of Covington's proposed $120 million sexual abuse settlement wrote Tuesday that the judge should approve it because it's fair, protects victim's privacy, and avoids a protracted legal battle.

In affidavits filed in Boone Circuit Court on Tuesday, Covington Bishop Roger Foys and attorneys for the diocese and victims say their negotiations were intense but amicable.

"Shortly before I became bishop of this diocese in July 2002, I made a commitment to treat victims of sexual abuse with compassion and respect and to address their needs to the extent possible," Foys wrote.

"I believe that the settlement we have reached is fair and reasonable to the victims and to the diocese," he wrote to Special Judge John Potter.

Posted by kshaw at June 8, 2005 12:10 PM