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  Diocese of Davenport Notice and Claims Bar Date

Business Wire
March 21, 2007

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Davenport, Iowa — (Business Wire) — The Diocese of Davenport filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on October 10, 2006. Pursuant to an Order of the United State Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa, all claims against the Diocese, including claims for sexual abuse arising prior to the bankruptcy filing, must be filed no later than July 16, 2007 at 4:00 Central time (the Claims Bar Date).

The Diocese has appointed a Claims Agent, AlixPartners, LLP, to receive and process all claims. All claims must be filed with the Claims Agent in order to be considered valid. All claims must be received on or before the Claims Bar Date in order to be considered valid. Late filed claims will not be allowed.

All sexual abuse claimants must file a Confidential Claim Form which can be obtained from the Claims Agent or from the Diocese website. All sexual abuse claims are confidential and the names of the sexual abuse claimants will not be disseminated to the public. All sexual abuse claimants will be assigned a confidential claim number by the Claims Agent as their claims are received.

The Diocese of Davenport encourages anyone with a claim against the Diocese to contact the Claims Agent, AlixPartners, LLP, on or before the Claims Bar Date, July 16, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. Central time. AlixPartners may be contacted to obtain information necessary to file a claim by writing to:

Diocese of Davenport

c/o AlixPartners, LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 800

Dallas, TX 75201

or call AlixPartners at 888-232-0287.

Information concerning the process for filing a claim or to obtain a claim form can also be found at: www.davenportdiocese.org/notice or www.davenportcommittee.com.

Due to the agreement with the creditor's committee, representatives for the Diocese of Davenport are not available to provide comments to the media concerning this process.

Contacts
Diocese of Davenport
Deacon David Montgomery, 563-324-1911
Fax: 563-324-5842
montgomery@davenportdiocese.org

 
 

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