The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, spanning northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 12 November 2013, naming a dozen pending clergy sexual abuse lawsuits and further out-of-court claims. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David T. Thuma confirmed the plan of reorganization on 23 June 2016. Reporting on the trust's size varies across sources: the diocese's own settlement page itemizes contributions from the diocese, seven other Catholic entities and three insurers totaling approximately 25 million dollars; the American Bankruptcy Institute states a comparable total; earlier National Catholic Reporter coverage of the confirmation order put the net trust, after professional and trust fees and costs, at about 22,975,000 dollars; and a later National Catholic Reporter report on the closed case states that 17.6 million dollars was ultimately paid out to claimants. All of these figures are recorded here, the variance named, rather than picking one. Fifty seven abuse claimants filed against the diocese, though not all received a payout, some having already reached prior settlements; individual payouts averaged about 350,000 dollars among those who did.
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Victim EstimateReported as 57 abuse claimants who filed against the diocese, though not every claimant received a payout under the confirmed plan since some had already reached prior settlements; the figure is consistent across both sources. Key FindingGallup's case shows the widest reported variance in this axis for a single settlement's dollar value, from a roughly 25 million dollar funded trust down to 17.6 million dollars ultimately paid to claimants once professional fees, trust costs and prior settlements were accounted for, illustrating why a diocese's announced settlement figure and the amount survivors actually receive are not the same number and both are worth recording. 1 Inquiry Profile
Kind of Record JurisdictionDistrict of New Mexico, United States (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Judge David T. Thuma) 2 Publication Year Period Covered, From Cross-Tradition Connections
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