SALINAS (CA)
Monterey Herald
By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY
Herald Salinas Bureaumontereyherald.com
March 4, 2012
The claim forms are in the mail and the clock is ticking for Palma High School alumni who allege they were molested by someone affiliated with the school.
Sexual abuse victims have until Aug. 1 to file a claim as a “creditor” in the bankruptcy filed last year by the Irish Christian Brothers and the Christian Brothers Institute in New York in reaction to mounting molestation claims.
Palma High School has been identified as one of the schools where alleged perpetrators were employed and was required by the federal bankruptcy court to provide its alumni list for notification.
Jim Stang, the Los Angeles attorney appointed to represent the “unsecured creditors committee,” said some alumni will be confused by the packet of information.
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