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Diocese payouts stay secret: Judge rejects newspaper's request for information.
Byline: Karen Dorn Steele
Jun. 13--A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has denied a Spokesman-Review request for access to records detailing millions of dollars in upcoming payouts from a trust to victims of priest sexual abuse in the Spokane Catholic Diocese, saying the claimants were promised confidentiality before agreeing to a legal settlement this spring.
The battle over public access was argued Monday by lawyers for The Spokesman-Review, the diocese and various committees of people claiming sexual abuse. Bankruptcy Judge Patricia Williams denied the newspaper's request in an oral ruling on Tuesday.
The Spokesman-Review, in a motion filed in April, sought release of the sealed proofs of claims filed and details of payouts to victims, who will be paid from the special trust established in the diocese's recent bankruptcy settlement. The newspaper, which has a policy of not naming victims of sexual abuse, asked for copies of claims in which names of victims had been edited out, or…
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