{"id":2504,"date":"2011-02-18T14:25:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T14:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2011\/02\/jesuits-sued-over-sex-abuse-ba.php"},"modified":"2011-02-18T14:25:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T14:25:20","slug":"jesuits-sued-over-sex-abuse-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/02\/jesuits-sued-over-sex-abuse-ba","title":{"rendered":"Jesuits Sued Over Sex Abuse Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By LYNNE TERRY<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>c. 2011 Religion News Service<\/em><br \/>\nPORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Lawyers representing a group of people who accuse Jesuit priests of sexual abuse filed 37 lawsuits Thursday in bankruptcy court, asking for about $3 million.<br \/>\nThe lawsuits claim that the Roman Catholic order paid money to various entities before declaring bankruptcy two years ago, and that that money should actually be part of the order&#8217;s assets.<br \/>\nSome of money went towards training priests and other funds were spent on faculty and student tuition at a time when abuse victims were seeking millions in dollars in damages against the order, said James Stang, the attorney for creditor&#8217;s committee that brought the lawsuits.<br \/>\nStang said the suits do not contend that the Jesuits were trying to protect their assets from abuse claims.<br \/>\nThe Jesuits&#8217; Northwest Province filed for bankruptcy in 2009 in the face of sex-abuse lawsuits. From 2001-2009, the order settled more than 200 legal claims, paying out $25 million. The Jesuits would not comment on the new lawsuits.<br \/>\nThe lawsuits were brought against a range of groups, from a prep school to universities and from a funeral home to a magazine. The smallest suit, for about $17,000, was brought against Jesuit Volunteers Corp. in Oregon; the largest, seeking about $320,000, was filed against senior living centers in Washington and California.<br \/>\nWhen the order filed for bankruptcy, it faced more than 150 lawsuits alleging priest abuse. There are now more than 500 people seeking compensation.<br \/>\n<em>(Lynne Terry writes for The Oregonian in Portland, Ore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By LYNNE TERRY c. 2011 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Lawyers representing a group of people who accuse Jesuit priests of sexual abuse filed 37 lawsuits Thursday in bankruptcy court, asking for about $3 million. 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