June 15, 2005

Burleigh key player in diocese negotiations

KENTUCKY
Kentucky Post

By Kevin Eigelbach
Post staff reporter

When the parties negotiating a record $120 million settlement of priest sexual abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington hit a snag, they turned to one of the faithful.

Bill Burleigh, the chairman of the board of the E.W. Scripps Co., which owns The Post, kept the negotiations going, say those who were involved.

"We are all extremely grateful to him," said Chicago attorney Carrie Huff, who helped represent the diocese.

Cincinnati attorney Stan Chesley filed a class-action lawsuit in Boone Circuit Court in February 2003, alleging that the diocese had covered up 50 years of sexual abuse.

Posted by kshaw at June 15, 2005 03:09 PM