More than 500 people have filed claims accusing Jesuits of sexually abusing children across the Northwest.
The claims vary in severity and span decades and geography.
People were required to file their accusations by Nov. 30, a deadline imposed by the federal judge overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. That organization includes Jesuits in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
The Jesuits already have settled 200 sex-abuse claims.