The Buffalo Diocese is offering up to $100 million to settle child sex abuse claims in its federal bankruptcy case.
As much as half of that would come from parishes, schools, and other Catholic entities, while the diocese would also need to sell its Catholic Center on Main Street, the former Christ the King Seminary campus in the Town of Aurora and other properties.
More than three years since the claims were filed, none of the abuse victims has been compensated as the diocese, its parishes and insurance carriers attempt to negotiate a settlement with abuse victims.
Those details were revealed in court papers filed late Monday in which diocese lawyers sought a preliminary injunction to keep all sex abuse lawsuits against parishes and schools grounded while mediated negotiations in the diocese bankruptcy case continue.
Court papers said the $100 million does not include insurance funds, while suggesting that insurance companies additionally could contribute “perhaps even hundreds of millions of dollars” to a settlement.
Ilan D. Scharf, lead attorney for the Committee of Unsecured Creditors that represents about 850 abuse claimants in the Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy case, declined to comment Tuesday on the numbers unveiled by the diocese lawyers.
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