Lawyers for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and creditors in its bankruptcy have postponed until June a decision about whether to seek mediation in a lawsuit over the estimated $66 million it holds in a trust to care for its cemeteries, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. At a brief hearing yesterday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman offered to mediate the lawsuit or find a retired magistrate to do so. James Stang, attorney for the creditors committee, which is composed of clergy sex abuse victims but represents all creditors, said he was open to Adelman's offer. But archdiocese attorney Frank LoCoco suggested the parties remain too far apart for negotiations to be successful. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2011 to address its sexual abuse liabilities dating back decades. Adelman scheduled a June 16 hearing to pose the mediation question again.
