An MPR News report, dated 21 October 2019, on U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel's final approval that Monday of a settlement between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota and 125 clergy sexual abuse claimants, valuing the settlement at 39.2 million dollars and describing the diocese's commitment to release its files on credibly accused priests.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a statewide public radio newsroom's contemporaneous report on the court's final approval, naming the judge and the settlement's 39.2 million dollar valuation for 125 claimants, corroborated by CBS Minnesota's network affiliate coverage of the same hearing. NotesTier 2: the source for the 39.2 million dollar figure, the 125 claimant count and the diocese's filed-priest disclosure commitment, cross checked against CBS Minnesota's independent reporting on the same hearing.
Citation
PublisherMPR News
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/10/21/duluth-diocese-concludes-bankruptcy
Source Typenews
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Duluth, Cities This source names Duluth directly: "between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota and 125 clergy sexual abuse claimants, valuing the settlement at 39.2 million dollars and describing the diocese's commitment to release its..."
This source names Minnesota directly: "the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota and 125 clergy sexual abuse claimants, valuing the settlement at 39.2 million dollars and describing the diocese's commitment to release its files on..."
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 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, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
Well-attested
13Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
4Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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