A bankruptcy judge yesterday authorized clergy sexual abuse victims to begin voting on a $21 million settlement with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, which seeks to lay the archdiocese's nearly five-year-old chapter 11 case to rest, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported today. Court records show that Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley approved a plain-language version of the archdiocese's chapter 11 reorganization plan, at the heart of which is the settlement. The document will be sent out for a vote by victims and other creditors. Following the vote, the plan will still require final approval from Judge Kelley at a hearing scheduled for Nov. 9.
