New Orleans church bankruptcy case is settled. Now, the fight is over legal fees.

Six weeks ago, attorneys for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and clergy sex abuse survivors agreed to a settlement in the long-running bankruptcy of the local Roman Catholic church that will pay survivors more than $230 million.

Thursday, the two sides were back in court arguing over how much the lawyers in the case will get paid.

As of December, legal and professional fees topped $52.7 million, according to bankruptcy court documents filed in late December. That doesn’t include millions more in fee applications that have yet to be filed…

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