The creditors committee in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy is challenging the terms of the $21 million settlement announced by Archbishop Jerome Listecki last week, saying that the church excluded about 73 victims who committee members believed would be compensated when they agreed to the deal, its chairman said Monday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today. Charles Linneman, who heads the five-member committee, said that members understood that the only survivors who would not be compensated were those who had received prior cash settlements from the church — about 84 people. That contradicts the statement issued by the archdiocese last week that 157 individuals would not be compensated. Frank LoCoco, lead attorney for the archdiocese, said it is in talks with plaintiffs' attorneys to determine how their clients will be treated under the plan, which is scheduled to be filed Aug. 24. He said some of the 157 who were deemed to receive no cash payment could be compensated as a result. Read more.
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