Camden Diocese Gets Expedited Look At Sex Abuse Bankruptcy Plan

The Diocese of Camden, N.J., will get accelerated appellate review of its court-approved bankruptcy plan that creates an $87.5 million trust to pay sex abuse claimants.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted a petition Monday by the diocese and sex abuse claimants to take up its case on direct appeal, bypassing typical review by a federal district court. Insurers appealed the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey’s approval of the Camden diocese’s bankruptcy plan in March. But it was the diocese itself that asked the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ...