MILWAUKEE (WI)
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MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – A court hearing has finally been scheduled on a plan by the Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese to get out of bankruptcy.
Judge Susan Kelley says she’ll hear arguments in November on the church’s plan to keep its 200-plus parishes and schools running, while compensating victims of previous sex abuse by priests.
The 10-county archdiocese originally proposed $4 million in compensation for 128 abuse victims — just over a quarter of the 575 victims who filed claims in the nearly four-and-a-half year old bankruptcy case.
The matter has been held up by legal issues — including the church’s effort to protect $66 million in church cemetery upkeep funds.
A federal appeals court reversed a judge’s ruling that the cemetery fund was off limits to the creditors — and the archdiocese now says it will set aside an undisclosed amount for the abuse victims.
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