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Citing monetary concerns arising from impending trials on sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Portland (Oregon) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 6, 2004, hours before two abuse trials were set to begin, becoming the first Roman Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy. If granted, bankruptcy would mean pending and future lawsuits would ...
The diocese said Saturday that the bankruptcy filing will not change the church’s duty. “The pastoral work of the Catholic Church would continue during the reorganization,” the statement said.
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy Monday, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials. The ...
Beset by hundreds of abuse lawsuits, the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in federal court Monday, a move designed to allow the diocese to provide ...
The bankruptcy documents will be filed by no later than June 17. All parishes, charities and schools owned by the diocese will remain open during the proceedings. [39] The diocese declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 17, 2024, receiving negative response by citizens, who protested the bankruptcy filing. [40]
The Catholic Church's response to the scandal can be viewed on three levels: the diocesan level, the episcopal conference level and the Vatican. Responses to the scandal proceeded at all three levels in parallel with the higher levels becoming progressively more involved as the gravity of the problem became more apparent.
BALTIMORE — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore’s plan to pay sex abuse victims through bankruptcy became more clear Tuesday, with lawyers for the church saying parishes and schools ...
Fresno diocese leader Bishop Joseph V. Brennan said the move to file for bankruptcy was necessary since the diocese has been flooded with sexual abuse claims.