MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
By Jean Hopfensperger Star Tribune JANUARY 12, 2017
About 450 clergy abuse victims, plus other creditors of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, soon will be able to vote on competing compensation plans presented in bankruptcy court.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Kressel approved a timeline Thursday for sending out the ballots — within about 30 days — and a 40-day response time. Creditors can vote for one of two competing plans, or none at all.
Kressel also denied a motion that would have allowed the survivors’ committee to sue more than 100 parishes, schools and other Catholic institutions who received a total of $14 million in transfer payments from the archdiocese in the 90 days before it filed for bankruptcy.
The voting schedule represents a key moment in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy case, entering its third year this month. The courtroom was packed with attorneys and several abuse survivors with claims before the court, who have been watching the long bankruptcy process unfold.
“This is something tangible,” said survivor David Lind, of St. Paul, standing outside the courtroom. “But I just want it to be done. “It’s such a hard issue.”
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