MINNEAPOLIS (MN)
MPR News
June 1, 2018
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and survivors of clergy abuse have reached a $210 million agreement to compensate those victims and lead the archdiocese out of bankruptcy.
What is this settlement all about?
The archdiocese sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2015, after facing huge potential costs tied to clergy abuse.
At the time, the church was dealing with the aftermath of reports that showed an ongoing cover-up of clergy sex abuse by then-Archbishop John Nienstedt and other top officials, including three clergy abuse lawsuits and concerns mounting over the cost of future claims.
After nearly 41 months of bankruptcy proceedings, a total of $210,290,724, will go into a fund to pay survivors, with the amount for each survivor to be determined.
Besides the financial settlement with the Twin Cities archdiocese, survivors’ attorney Jeff Anderson said the deal “actually advances the ball on child protection in a way that’s never really been done in this country.” He didn’t elaborate and declined to take questions afterward.
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