LOUISVILLE (KY)
The Courier-Journal
By GREGORY A. HALL
ghall@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
The 243 victims in the $25.7 million settlement of sexual abuse cases against the Archdiocese of Louisville are beginning to receive their checks.
Ross Turner, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs who reached the settlement with the archdiocese last summer, said victims began getting their money about a week ago, and the process is ongoing.
The settlement was made in connection with more than 250 cases filed, beginning in April 2002, alleging a cover-up of sexual abuse by priests and others affiliated with the archdiocese.
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge James M. Shake approved the settlement in August. In October, he approved a plan for allocating the money based on the level of a plaintiff’s abuse. Cincinnati attorney Matthew Garretson, who developed the allocation plan, was appointed by the judge to evaluate the claims and determine what each person would get.
With that process complete, 23 of the 243 plaintiffs are appealing Garretson’s determination to a special arbitrator, Nick King, who is to make a decision on how much those people receive, Turner said.
