GREAT FALLS (MT)
MTN News
August 14, 2018
A federal bankruptcy judge in Montana approved a $20 million settlement between the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings and survivors of sexual abuse.
The settlement ended a seven-year lawsuit involving 86 plaintiffs who said they had been sexually abused by Catholic nuns and priests from the 1950s through the 1990s, according to a news release from Tamaki Law Offices, which represents 38 of the victims.
The diocese’s insurer, Catholic Mutual, will pay $8 million of the settlement. The remaining $12 million will be divided as follows: $5 million from the Diocese, $4 million from individual parishes, $2 million from the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Montana, and $1 million from St. Labre Indian School.
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