Associated Press, June 1, 2018; Ashley Wells, Crystal Quintero (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
St. Paul archdiocese to pay $210M to clergy abuse victims
ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a $210 million
settlement Thursday with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of
its plan for bankruptcy reorganization, making this the second-largest
payout in the scandal that rocked the nation's Roman Catholic Church.
Victims' attorney Jeff Anderson said the money, a
total of $210,290,724, will go into a pot to pay survivors, with the
amount for each survivor to be determined. Anderson said a formal
reorganization plan will now be submitted to a bankruptcy judge for
approval, and then it will be sent to the victims for a vote. Anderson
expected they will readily approve it.
"We changed the playing field," said Jim Keenan,
who was sexually abused as a child in the 1980s by a Twin Cities-area
priest. "They have to listen to victims now, and that is huge." Marie
Mielke, who was sexually abused from 1997 to 2000 by a St. Paul
seminarian who later became a priest, urged fellow survivors to have the
courage to stand up.
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