NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Journal
By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Victims of sexual abuse by clergy in the Diocese of Gallup soon will receive ballots that will allow them to approve or reject a proposed $24 million reorganization plan in a 30-month-old Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David T. Thuma on Tuesday approved a 68-page “disclosure statement” that sets out terms of the proposed reorganization plan, clearing the way for claimants to vote on the plan.
In that statement, the Diocese of Gallup acknowledged that children were sexually abused by “priests or others purporting to do the missionary work” of the church, resulting in “harm and suffering on the children and teenagers of the Diocese.”
Thuma will consider whether to approve or reject the reorganization plan at a hearing scheduled June 21.
James Stang, a Los Angeles attorney who represents 57 claimants in the case, said he anticipates his clients will approve the proposed settlement.
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