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The 187 Roman Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will have a greater voice in the church’s bankruptcy proceedings as the result of a court ruling Thursday.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel said the court will appoint a creditors committee representing parishes that will participate in mediation sessions forging financial settlements and archdiocese reorganization plans.
Parishes aren’t adequately represented by the official creditors committee, which is composed of five clergy abuse survivors, said Mary Jo Jensen-Carter, an attorney representing 118 parishes. Parishes have significant claims against the archdiocese, including up to $17 million in overpayments to its insurance funds and liabilities from clergy abuse by priests appointed by the archdiocese, she said.
Rob Kugler, the attorney representing the creditors committee, argued that it would be a conflict of interest for parishes to have a creditors committee because they are an arm of the archdiocese. The archbishop and vicar general, for example, serve on all of the parishes’ five-member boards of directors.
...After the ruling, Kressel asked the archdiocese for an update on the public notices it is placing in 30-some newspapers and other media outlets informing clergy abuse victims of their Aug. 3 deadline for filing a claim against the archdiocese.
Archdiocese attorney Richard Anderson told Kressel that the public notices ran in the legal and classified-ad sections of the newspapers, which is how other dioceses have handled it. Kressel scolded the attorney, saying the public notices need to be far more visible.
“Nobody reads legal notices,” said Kressel. “That’s not going to notify anyone. If that’s what you’re doing, that needs to change.”
Judge Parishes should have greater say in Twin Cities archdiocese bankruptcy - StarTribune.com
Nobody reads legal notices!
They are getting nailed.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel said the court will appoint a creditors committee representing parishes that will participate in mediation sessions forging financial settlements and archdiocese reorganization plans.
Parishes aren’t adequately represented by the official creditors committee, which is composed of five clergy abuse survivors, said Mary Jo Jensen-Carter, an attorney representing 118 parishes. Parishes have significant claims against the archdiocese, including up to $17 million in overpayments to its insurance funds and liabilities from clergy abuse by priests appointed by the archdiocese, she said.
Rob Kugler, the attorney representing the creditors committee, argued that it would be a conflict of interest for parishes to have a creditors committee because they are an arm of the archdiocese. The archbishop and vicar general, for example, serve on all of the parishes’ five-member boards of directors.
...After the ruling, Kressel asked the archdiocese for an update on the public notices it is placing in 30-some newspapers and other media outlets informing clergy abuse victims of their Aug. 3 deadline for filing a claim against the archdiocese.
Archdiocese attorney Richard Anderson told Kressel that the public notices ran in the legal and classified-ad sections of the newspapers, which is how other dioceses have handled it. Kressel scolded the attorney, saying the public notices need to be far more visible.
“Nobody reads legal notices,” said Kressel. “That’s not going to notify anyone. If that’s what you’re doing, that needs to change.”
Judge Parishes should have greater say in Twin Cities archdiocese bankruptcy - StarTribune.com
Nobody reads legal notices!
They are getting nailed.
