WISCONSIN
JD Journal
On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley ruled that the Milwaukee archdiocese must pay legal and professional fees they have accrued over the last 17 months. The diocese must use $1.35 million in surplus cash, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
Lawyers who have represented the creditors in the case must be paid by the archdiocese. Most of the creditors in the case are survivors of sexual abuse. The archdiocese was also ordered to pay its own legal experts in the case.
The archdiocese has accrued more than $14 million in legal fees since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January of 2011.
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