A bankruptcy judge ordered the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, now more than three years into its chapter 11 proceedings, to enter mediation with hundreds of sexual-abuse victims whose claims make up the vast majority of the church's liabilities, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported today. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley at a hearing last Wednesday endorsed a request for mediation made by the archdiocese a day earlier. The archdiocese's request for mediation singled out mounting legal expenses, which currently total far more than the pool of funds designated to repay victims.
