Appeal Provision Could Derail Wilmington Diocese Bankruptcy

Ballots and details of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan will be in the mail next week to its creditors, including about 150 survivors of clergy abuse, more than 1,300 lay employees, banks and others with pending claims.

And a date – July 8 – has been set to work through final objections and confirm a final plan.

But a monkey wrench may be in the mix, too – a problem that could derail the negotiations and delay settlement payments for more than a year, according to Thomas Neuberger, the lawyer whose firm has represented the majority of sexual abuse survivors in scores of cases against the diocese.

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