Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Hiding Assets, Including Ancient Jewels

By Nate Leding
KSTP
June 11, 2016

http://kstp.com/news/archdiocese-of-saint-paul-and-minneapolis-bankruptcy-hiding-assets/4165377/?cat=12196

A former court stenographer claims the Saint Paul Minneapolis Archdiocese may be hiding assets in its bankruptcy case including ancient jewels.

A letter submitted Thursday to the court by the stenographer claims the Archdiocese dropped off three shoe boxes to Bockstruck Jewelers in the mid-1990s.

He claims the boxes were filled with ancient jewels and art from the 19th Century.

He claims each worth at least $130,000.

In late May, the Archdiocese filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would set aside at least $65 million to pay clergy abuse victims and other creditors.

But lawyer Jeff Anderson, whose firm filed most of the abuse claims, accused the Archdiocese of hiding more than $1 billion in assets to avoid big payouts to abuse survivors.

The archdiocese filed bankruptcy in January 2015 as it faced an onslaught of new abuse claims.