MONTANA
KTVQ
By Dennis Bragg – MTN News
COEUR D’ALENE –
A federal bankruptcy judge could resolve a pair of multimillion dollar cases this week that would settle legal claims over decades old sex abuse cases involving church-run schools in Montana.
The settlement agreements are aimed at resolving the suits filed on behalf of victims against the Catholic Diocese of Helena and the Ursuline Nuns of the Western Province, based out of California.
The suit filed against the Diocese involves 362 victims, with another 232 victims named in the suit against the nuns. The victims claim the abuse happened while they were attending Catholic-operated schools in St. Ignatius and other Western Montana communities.
The Diocese settlement is valued at $15 million, while the settlement total with the Uruline Nuns amounts to $4.45 million.
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