http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-archdiocese-settlement-20150805-story.html
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This is related to pizzagate as this is what we all are talking about, kids being abused and the coverup
Archdiocese of Milwaukee reaches $21-million settlement with sexual abuse victims
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee has reached a $21-million sexual abuse settlement that could end an acrimonious four-year battle in bankruptcy court.
Under the settlement, which is to be reviewed by Bankruptcy Court Judge Susan V. Kelley in November, abuse victims would receive varying amounts depending on their claims.
“This settlement represents for us in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee a new Pentecost, a day of rebirth that renews our focus on word, worship and service,” Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki said in a statement Tuesday.
The settlement came after three days of negotiations last month between the archdiocese, the creditors’ committee, and attorneys for those who say they were sexually abused by clergy, the archdiocese s
"The archdiocese has done a terrible disservice to the survivors to whom they promised to be fair,” said attorney Jeff Anderson, who has represented abuse victims for two decades and who was part of the negotiations. “The choice is pain or more pAim
Of 575 sexual abuse claims filed in bankruptcy court, approximately 330 victims would receive compensation as a result of the proposed settlement.
Those who were abused by priests of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and those abused at an archdiocesan parish, school or institution, would be compensated. But others, such as those who could not identify an abuser, would receive nothing.
"Our impression is that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has played hardball and used tactics from the start that have beaten down the survivors' community and left the committee with no good choices in this process," Anderson told the Los Angeles Times.
All parishes, schools and institutions of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee would be protected from future lawsuits that could have been filed under Chapter 11, according to the archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2011, saying financial lawsuits filed against the archdiocese exceeded its ability to pay.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the bankruptcy filing put on hold a dozen lawsuits involving 17 victims that were moving toward trial in state court.
The bankruptcy filing and other church actions had been intended as a way to fight victims and to hide behind the passage of time, Anderson said.
The victims accepted the settlement because they had no other choice, he said. Otherwise, the archdiocese would have continued to fight, potentially resulting in an even less favorable outcome for victims.
Money for the settlement would come from insurance payouts of approximately $11 million and from voluntary arrangements with the Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust, which would lend the archdiocese $3 million and contribute $8 million to conclude all pending litigation, the archdiocese said.
The settlement would include $500,000 to establish a therapy fund for the victims.
The Los Angeles Archdiocese has reached settlements exceeding $740 million with more than 500 abuse victims.
According to bishopaccountability.org, which aims to document the abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, Milwaukee is the 12th U.S. Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy over sexual abuse scandals.
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Jem777 ago
The Archdiocese of Milwakee intentionally moved millions of dollars into a trust to protect it from the victims. The trust was set up as a way to hide money under the ruse of "maintenance for cemeteries and church cathedrals. They then used the constitution to claim a religious exception. All of the children and victims were drug through years of additional pain.
"A day of Pentecost" is sickening when you learn they kept more money for their cemetaries than they ever gave to the minimum 535 victims or countless others who have never spoken. At the same time keeping all of this quiet. Where is MSM on this story?
Votescam ago
Good reason for taxing all religious institutions ...
Their church and surrounding property and soup kitchens should be tax-exempt ....
but NOT their business ventures, real estate holdings, stock portfolios.
Both the Mormon Church and Catholic Church funded the campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment ... with tax-exempt dollars.
Both are male-supremacist churches using tax-exempt dollars to ensure that females in this nation will not officially be accorded equality under our Constitution.
And I'd just remind us all that Christianity came into being through violence and with their armies forced their religion on nations (such as Ireland) .... "Introducing the cross with the sword."
And they have held onto power through violence and murder, Inquisition which filled the soil of Europe with blood, Witch burnings ---
See: Hammer of Witches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum See: Inquisition https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT.J1nGlZ4noAj0tXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNWNiaW4yBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjI5NDRfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Inquisition&fr=yfp-t
fogdryer ago
Yep Satan alive
How do you know about the money shuffling
Jem777 ago
There is a journalist piece that details this transaction. Not MSM but a good explanation. Will find the link again. It was posted on Voat at one time. The involved Archbisop is Cardinal Dolan.
Wisconsin_Is_Corrupt ago
You are correct. They are using donations, grants, foundations and kickback schemes with business and community partners. We have met Timothy Dolan, and he is deeply involved and connected to the higher levels of Pizzagate and Global Criminal Corruption that are linked to the Dominicans, mafia, secret societies, and other groups in Racine, WI. He was brought from St. Louis to Milwaukee specifically to cover up Pedogate and work with corrupt religious, business and community leaders to unite all faiths for their common corrupt agenda. They are using the homeless, elderly, disabled, abused, veterans, women and children to create programs for initial buy-in and acceptance like Racine Interfaith Coalition, Coalition for Peace and Justice, and Social Justice League campaigns for Sanctuary Cities, and are aligning with corrupt, ignorant and complicit law enforcement and media to control the investigations and the narrative.
Dolan was rewarded with a promotion to Archbishop, and is the only hope for an American Pope. He is not what he seems to be. They are linked to the Council of 13, Knights of Malta and Pilgrims Society that are connected in Racine. The world needs to know the truth about Timothy Dolan, Racine, and the root of Pizzagate and Global Criminal Corruption.