NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Journal
By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer
Published: Saturday, May 14th, 2016
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For more than two years, St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School in Thoreau has faced the possibility that its properties would be sold to help pay for a costly Chapter 11 bankruptcy brought about by sexual abuse claims against the Diocese of Gallup.
A pending settlement in the 30-month-old case has provided some certainty of short-term survival for the nonprofit, and should allow it to begin drilling a new well this year expected to provide drinking water for up to 5,000 people in the southeast corner of the Navajo Nation.
“This has been a part of my life the last couple of years, and bringing it to a resolution is very important to all of us,” said Chris Halter, executive director of St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School.
But the fate of St. Bonaventure School, which enrolls about 215 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in one of the state’s poorest communities, remains only partially resolved.
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