Half of New Orleans clergy abuse claims could be tossed in US bankruptcy court

Half of New Orleans clergy abuse claims could be tossed in US bankruptcy court

Outcome could have major effects on whether the Catholic archdiocese settles its expensive, five-year-old caseAs New Orleans’s bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese finalizes a plan to settle 633 clergy abuse claims filed against it, the church’s investors are arguing in US bankruptcy court that about half of those survivors could have their claims thrown out.Church officials said Wednesday they won’t necessarily seek that, though the eligibility …