The Eugene Register-Guard reports: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris has given the Archdiocese of Portland an extension until Nov. 15 to file a plan to pay the claims of sex-abuse plaintiffs and other creditors.
The Oregonian reports: One of the 124 parishes in Western Oregon has gotten the go-ahead to withdraw all of the disputed cash it has on deposit with the archdiocese. [...] The ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris enables the coastal church to begin building a new sanctuary. [...] Parishioners have raised or pledged at least $1.6 million toward the construction. Besides the $775,000 being held by the archdiocese, an additional $214,415 is deposited in a bank account controlled by the parish building and fundraising committees, according to a filing by the church's attorney, Wilson C. Muhlheim. An additional $680,685 is pledged for the new sanctuary.
[Come up with a plan - just a plan - on how to compensate victims for decades of child abuse: get back to us in a year. Release money held to compensate victims for decades of child abuse so we can build another another one more need a bigger one super magic temple to the invisible monster that lives in the sky: hell yeah!]
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