TUCSON (AZ)
azcentral.com
Associated Press
Jun. 29, 2005 12:00 AM
TUCSON - A court-appointed committee has objected to dozens of sexual abuse claims filed in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson's bankruptcy case.
Out of 103 claims that have been filed, settlements have been approved for 30, and 68 will be argued during a hearing scheduled Thursday before Judge James M. Marlar. The other five are expected to be negotiated.
"We've been sitting here today talking about what to expect. It's a little uncertain. Some people who have filed very strange claims will probably show up," said C. Taylor Ashworth, a Phoenix bankruptcy attorney who represents the court-appointed tort creditors committee. advertisement
"They are not people alleging they were sexually abused as minors," Ashworth said.
"They are people that have filed claims that have nothing to do with the diocese. There will be a handful of those, and then there will be five or six that just really didn't seem to have good cases."