MINNESOTA
Duluth News Tribune
By Tory Cooney, St. Paul Pioneer Press on Nov 15, 2016
ST. PAUL—The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has filed an updated bankruptcy plan with more money for victims of clerical sexual abuse, but critics claim it doesn’t go far enough.
The new plan would raise the proposed trust fund for claimants from $65 million to more than $130 million.
That could amount to nearly $300,000 for each of the 440 victims, archdiocese attorney Charlie Rogers said during a news conference Tuesday in St. Paul.
“Our goal all along has been to promote healing… to express our goodwill in action not words,” Rogers said. “And I hope this is seen as…evidence (of that).”
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