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Article Category: 2007 February
Deadline sought for abuse claims
Description: A motion in the Davenport Diocese bankruptcy case proposes that victims speak up by July 16.
Article originally prepared on : 13 February 2007
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/NEWS/702080391/-1/ENT06
Deadline sought for abuse claims
A motion in the Davenport Diocese bankruptcy case proposes that victims speak up by July 16.
Victims of clergy sex abuse in the Davenport Diocese would have to comeforward by July 16 to be compensated as part of the diocese'sbankruptcy proceedings, according to a proposal from attorneys for thediocese and victims.
Claim deadlines are common in bankruptcyproceedings, but advocates for sex abuse victims said setting such adeadline in this type of case is wrong because victims often take yearsto realize they have been abused and have legal options.
"Toforce deeply wounded individuals to somehow 'expedite' this process forthe convenience of complicit church officials is outrageous," saidDavid Clohessy, national director of the Survivors Network of thoseAbused by Priests.
Richard Davidson, bankruptcy attorney for thediocese, said that without a deadline, "there would never be adistribution because you wouldn't know how many claims you have."
Themotion, filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, includes a list of 21priests and former priests named in abuse claims as a way to spark thememories of other Catholics who may want to file claims. The list willgo out with notices in media outlets across the country.
Thediocese's decision to file for bankruptcy on Oct. 10 came a month afterthe diocese was ordered to pay $1.5 million to an abuse victim.
Bankruptcy Judge Lee Jackwig is expected to rule on the motion after Feb. 20.
Reporter Erin Jordan can be reached at (319) 351-6527 or
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