A federal judge yesterday rejected the request of abuse victims to extend a deadline for bankruptcy court claims against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as the deadline will remain Monday, MPRNews.org reported yesterday. The creditors’ committee in the archdiocese bankruptcy case, composed entirely of clergy sex abuse victims, had wanted Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel to push the deadline back to May 2016, contending that the archdiocese had provided inadequate notice of the Aug. 3 deadline and that victims might need more time to file. The panel also argued that pushing back the deadline would expedite a settlement and provide more insurance money for abuse victims. As of late Wednesday, more than 400 creditors had filed claims. Abuse victims accounted for more than 250 of them. The judge said extensive notice of the cut-off date had been given by the archdiocese and through the media and other channels.
