A Spokesman-Review report, published 5 March 2015, on U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Terry L. Myers' confirmation the day before of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, detailing the roughly 20 million dollar victim trust, its funding from insurers and the Ursuline Sisters, and the more than 360 abuse claims it resolves.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a regional daily newspaper's contemporaneous account of the court's confirmation, its dollar figures and the judge's own remarks, corroborated by the Helena Independent Record's local coverage of the same plan. NotesTier 2: the source for the confirmation date, the judge's name and remarks, the trust's funding composition and the roughly 20 million dollar total, cross checked against the Helena Independent Record's own reporting on the plan.
Citation
PublisherThe Spokesman-Review
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/05/judge-confirms-plan-settling-montana-clergy-sex/
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 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, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 4 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Well-attested
14Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
4Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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