MINNESOTA
Daily Bankruptcy Review
Tom Corrigan
June 02, 2016
A federal judge overseeing the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’s bankruptcy said clergy sexual abuse victims seeking greater access to the archdiocese’s assets may have to clear a number of potentially high legal hurdles, including the First Amendment.
During a hearing Thursday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis, Judge Robert Kressel questioned whether victims’ recent request to force the archdiocese to pool assets from hundreds of related—but legally distinct—affiliates is inconsistent with the protections of religious freedom enshrined in the Constitution….
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