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Del. Diocese Settles Priest Abuse Claims for 77M

CBS News

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A CBS News report, published 2 February 2011, on the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's mediated agreement to pay 77.4 million dollars to settle claims from nearly 150 alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse, naming presiding bankruptcy judge Christopher Sontchi, stating the 2009 Chapter 11 filing and noting the settlement still required the judge's approval.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Reliability tier 2: a national broadcaster's contemporaneous account of the mediated settlement figure, the claimant count and the presiding judge, corroborated by legal reporting on the same case's later confirmation.
Notes
Tier 2: the source for the 77.4 million dollar mediated figure and the initial claimant count, useful alongside the later confirmation reporting for how the case concluded.
Citation
Publisher
CBS News
Publication Year
2011
URL
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/del-diocese-settles-priest-abuse-claims-for-77m/
Source Type
news
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.

Connected

4

Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies

General References

1

Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies

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