PORTLAND (OR)
The Oregonian
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
STEVE WOODWARD
The Archdiocese of Portland's long-awaited, much-anticipated plan for emerging from its 16-month-old bankruptcy will be made public today.
A late Tuesday afternoon filing just met the deadline imposed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth L. Perris, who had already granted a year's worth of extensions.
Lawyers involved in the bankruptcy have said they expect the archdiocese's plan to offer a settlement fund of at least $20 million to pay more than 200 pending child sexual-abuse claims. The number of claims may continue to decrease as the archdiocese challenges the validity of nearly 100 claims, 30 of which have been thrown out by the court.