LOUISVILLE (KY)
Kentucky.com
BRETT BARROUQUERE
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Receiving a settlement check for abuse at the hands of a priest didn't stop Kay Montgomery's memories of what happened to her.
Montgomery, who settled with the church in January 2005 for an undisclosed amount, thinks that victims in the class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, Ky., will find a similar lack of satisfaction.
"It would be nice if it were that easy," said Montgomery, who was abused as a teenager in the 1960s by a priest from Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell. "We still have to live our lives and deal with what happened to us."
The victims in the case against the Covington Diocese will get another day in court on Monday. That's when Judge John W. Potter is expected to rule on whether to grant final approval to the proposed settlement of up to $120 million, which would allow the church and insurance companies to begin paying some of the 373 victims - among the largest pools of known victims in the country. The hearing is in Boone County District Court in Burlington.