TUCSON (AZ)
KVOA
Peter Busch Reports
A plan for the Catholic Diocese of Tucson to settle 30 sex abuse claims for just under 10 million dollars was approved Tuesday by a federal bankruptcy judge.
That's almost half the money the diocese has left for sexual abuse pay-outs.
These 30 claims were made before the diocese filed for bankruptcy last September, and this resolution was believed to be essential before the diocese could have their reorganization plan approved.
It was the cross Troy Gray says he had to bear for twenty years.
"I didn't want to file a claim, but it seems like it's the only way to get people to listen to victim if you're a survivor of any type of abuse," Gray said over the phone Tuesday from his home in Colorado.
Gray says he was abused by a diocesan priest when he was a teenager.
Posted by kshaw at June 15, 2005 08:57 AM