UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

PORTLAND DIVISION 

JOHN VI DOE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PORTLAND IN 

OREGON, an Oregon corporation; THE 

ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF 

PORTLAND IN OREGON AND 

SUCCESSORS, and a corporation sole, 

d.b.a., THE ARCHDIOCESE OF 

PORTLAND IN OREGON, 

Defendants. 

SIMON, District Judge: 

Case No. 3:16-cv-00335-YY 

OPINION 

AND ORDER 

On February 23, 2016, Plaintiff John VI Doe ("Plaintiff'), an individual proceeding 

under a pseudonym, brought this action for sexual battery of a child under a respondeat superior 

theory of liability against the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon and the Roman Catholic 

Archbishop of Portland in Oregon and Successors, d.b.a., the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon 

("Defendants"). Complaint, ECF # 1. 

This court has jurisdiction over Plaintiffs action under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(a) and Sections 

6.4, 6.5, and 11.8 of the "Third Amended and Restated Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtor, 

1 - OPINION AND ORDER 
Tort Claimants Committee, Future Claimants Representative, and Parish and Parishioners 

Committee" (dated April 9, 2007) in the matter of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland in 

Oregon, an Oregon corporation; The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland in Oregon and 

Successors, and a corporation sole, db.a., The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, United States 

Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon, Case No. 04-37154-ELPl 1 (2007) ("the Plan"). 

Before the court is Defendants' unopposed motion to approve settlement of 'future 

claims' and to approve payment from the Future Claims Trust (ECF #22). For the reasons set 

forth below, Defendants' motion is granted and the settlement is approved. 

This court has the exclusive jurisdiction over what the Plan defines as "Future Claims" 

and the Future Claims Trust, pursuant to Sections 6.4.3 and 6.5.10 of the Plan. ECF #22-1, Ex. 

A, at 3, 9. The Plan also grants this court exclusive jurisdiction to approve payment of 

settlements of claimants, which is necessary for payment of a claim out of the Future Claims 

Trust. ECF #22-1, Ex. C, at 16, 17. 

Section 11.8 of the Plan requires that notice of any motion to approve a settlement subject 

to the Future Claims Trust be served upon the court, on the Reorganized Debtor, all Tort 

Claimants having filed Claims or a lawsuit asserting a Claim (or having given written notice to 

the Reorganized Debtor in the case of Future Claims) whose Claims have not been paid in full, 

the Future Claimants Representative, the Known Tort Claims Trustee, and the Future Claims 

Trustee. See ECF #22, at 3, 4. Section 11 .8 also provides that all notices shall provide the 

recipients at least 20 days (plus 3 days if served by mail) in which to file an objection to the 

application, motion, or other request. Id. If no objection is timely filed, the court may authorize 

the proposed action without further notice or a hearing. Id. 

2 - OPINION AND ORDER 
On April 6, 2017, the parties met with a mediator where they agreed to settle the 

Plaintiffs claim. ECF #22, at 2. The proposed settlement requires payment from the Future 

Claims Trust to plaintiff in the amount of $300,000. Id. On May 15, 2017, defendants served 

the required notice on all necessary parties. Notice of Filing, ECF #22-2, Ex. E. The period for 

filing an objection to the parties' proposed settlement expired on June 8, 2017. No objections 

were filed. 

In the absence of objection by any interested party, and in consideration of the size of the 

proposed payment at issue relative to the amount remaining in the Future Claims Trust, the court 

finds no reason exists to deny approval of the parties' proposed settlement. 

CONCLUSION 

For the reasons set forth above, the motion (ECF #22) to approve the settlement of 

Plaintiffs claims against the Defendants and authorize payment in the amount of $300,000 from 

the Future Claims Trust is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED this 6'ray of July, 2017. 

~~ Michael H. Simon 

United States District Judge 

3 - OPINION AND ORDER