A federal judge yesterday approved a bankruptcy plan for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee that includes a $21 million settlement for 330 victims of sexual abuse by clergy, the Religion News website reports today (November 10, 2015).
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Susan Kelley approved the church's Chapter 11 reorganization plan more than four years after the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection.
The U.S. Catholic Church has been hit with a series of sexual abuse accusations aimed mainly at clergy who targeted youths over the past two decades.
The scandals have cost the U.S. Catholic Church about $3 billion in settlements and driven prominent dioceses like Milwaukee's into bankruptcy.
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