Recent Posts

Archived Posts

Blogroll

Pages

 

August 2010
M T W T F S S
« Jun    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  

Meta

Diocese in Alaska agrees to $10M abuse settlement

November 30, 2009

The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of clergy abuse have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million.

 

The agreement was discussed Tuesday at a status hearing in federal bankruptcy court and will need to be finalized. The deal could be completed by mid-January.

 

Plaintiffs’ attorney Ken Roosa said some of the payoff would be put aside to pursue as much as another $100 million from two of four insurance companies for the diocese that have balked in court at paying on behalf of the church. The rest would be divided among alleged victims, depending on the severity of abuse.

 

“It’s a long time coming. It’s a big step in the right direction,” said victims’ advocate, Elsie Boudreau, who received $1 million from the diocese to settle her sexual abuse claims against a priest four years ago.

 

Read Article: Seattle Times

 

Posted By: Phoenix Arizona Phoenix Brain Injury Lawyer

Post tags:

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment