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	Diocese Judge Considers Secret Settlement WJZ November 12, 2009 http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Diocese.asks.bankruptcy.2.1307363.html WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ? The judge presiding over a Delaware Catholic diocese's bankruptcy is being asked to approve and keep secret the diocese's settlement with an alleged victim of priest sex abuse. A hearing was scheduled Thursday on a request by attorneys for the Diocese of Wilmington and James Sheehan to approve the settlement and keep its terms confidential. Such settlements routinely are kept confidential in civil lawsuits, but a debtor in bankruptcy is expected to open its finances to scrutiny by creditors and the court. A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled two years ago that a company could not keep details of a similar settlement secret. But attorneys say that ruling should not apply in the diocese's case because Sheehan also wants to keep the settlement terms confidential.
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