December 20, 2005

Objections to abuse settlement filed

COVINGTON (KY)
The Cincinnati Post

By Paul A. Long
Post staff reporter

Two objections were filed Monday - the final day for lodging such exceptions - to a proposed $120 million settlement of a class-action, sexual-abuse lawsuit against the Diocese of Covington.

The two documents were filed under seal in Boone Circuit Court, so it's unknown who filed them or what the specific objections are. They cannot be opened without a judicial order.

The proposed settlement between the diocese and those who sued alleging a half-century of sexual abuse by priests and a cover-up by diocesan officials would be a record in the U.S. if it stands

Some 373 people have filed informal claims to receive a part of the settlement.

Posted by kshaw at December 20, 2005 07:27 AM