NEW MEXICO
ABQ Journal
By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The Diocese of Gallup had racked up more than $600,000 in court-approved fees for attorneys and accountants by April 30, during the first six months of the diocese’s bankruptcy case, court records show.
The diocese last year became the nation’s ninth Roman Catholic diocese to file for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in response to a growing number of lawsuits filed by alleged victims of clerical sex abuse.
A total of 56 people have filed claims alleging they were abused by priests in the diocese. Aug. 11 was the deadline set by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge David Thuma to file a claim.
Attorneys for both the diocese and the claimants are required to submit interim applications for payment every six months for Thuma’s review.
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