Central Louisiana Diocese Announces Deal With Abuse Claimants

The central Louisiana-based Diocese of Alexandria said it struck a tentative deal with a group of clergy sex abuse claimants on a pathway through its bankruptcy reorganization.

The agreement between the diocese and a group of lawyers representing a majority of abuse claimants focuses on leveraging the Catholic institution’s insurance policies as the main source of recovery for them, an Alexandria diocese attorney said at a hearing held Wednesday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Diocese attorney Francis H. LoCoco of Husch Blackwell LLP told the court that the proposed agreement follows 10 months of ...