TUCSON (AZ)
Tucson Citizen
SHERYL KORNMAN
Tucson Citizen
Thirty people seeking compensation from the Diocese of Tucson for sexual abuse by its clergy will receive nearly $10 million if creditors in the diocese bankruptcy case approve later this month.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Marlar approved 28 settlement agreements yesterday that are subject to creditor approval.
Most of the people in the settlements approved yesterday are represented by attorneys Lynne Cadigan and Kim Williamson, who reached an estimated $14 million settlement for 10 victims in 2002.
Four claimants in the settlements accepted by the judge yesterday are three Yuma brothers and their mother, who is awaiting a liver transplant.
The Rev. Juan Guillen, the priest named by the boys as their abuser, is serving a 10-year prison sentence after accepting a plea deal in the criminal case against him.