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Catholic church says it won’t make nearly $1m interest payment but calls fraud accusation ‘extreme stretch’

Some lawyers of more than 600 abuse claimants trying to block approval of current agreement of chapter 11 case

An elderly priest’s guilty plea exposes the church’s history of shielding predators in its midst for decades

Mohsin ‘Mo’ Meghji was paid $350,000 to advise on conflicting settlement proposals from the church and clergy abuse victims

Mohsin Meghji’s conduct in a separate case raised ethics questions as ex-judge he was linked to faces investigation

Mohsin Meghji drew scrutiny for behavior with bankruptcy judges in unrelated case involving drugmaker

Archdiocese’s proposal comes as survivors of sexual abuse by clergy request ‘very reasonable’ $1bn to settle claims

Media reports showed volunteer in charge of bankruptcy expenses admitted to a stunning lack of qualifications

Chapter 11 protection is designed to give an organization time to reorganize its finances to pay its debts but victims of clerical abuse feel frustrated by a lengthy and opaque process