Delaware Diocese to Raise Offer to End Abuse Cases
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The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, which oversees churches in Delaware and part of Maryland, will increase its offer to pay victims of sexual abuse by priests under a new plan to exit bankruptcy.
The maximum payout would exceed $349,000, on average, for the 157 adults who claim to have been molested as children, church lawyer Anthony Flynn said in an interview today. The exact range will be disclosed next week when the diocese files a new reorganization plan, church attorney Robert Brady told the judge overseeing its bankruptcy in Wilmington, Delaware.