A group of attorneys representing clergy abuse claimants involved in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’ bankruptcy case – which has cost the church about $40m but remains unresolved – has formally requested the removal of the volunteer tasked by the organization to manage the four-and-a-half-year-old case’s expenses after he testified to a stunning lack of qualifications for the role.
The abuse survivors’ lawyers also requested the appointment of an outside trustee to substitute the volunteer in question, Lee Eagan, in a motion filed late on Thursday.
