Diocese of San Diego Declares Bankruptcy
Quote:The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in a letter to parishioners this weekend that it is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid going to trial on more than 140 lawsuits alleging...
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Quote:Actually, the average settlement precident is about $1.62 million dollars, thus far, in the USA, to the Diocese of San Diego's average $633,000 offering, IF ANYTHING, in their ongoing stalling,...
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Quote:Plaintiffs' attorneys claim that Brom and his lawyers sought shelter in bankruptcy court to avoid the emergence of horrific details of sexual abuse by clergy.Church officials deny that claim and...
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Quote:The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego could face a huge new money problem in its bankruptcy case. The story from KPBS reporter Alan Ray.The residential developer Lyon Homes wants to pull out...
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Quote:A group claiming to represent more than 1 million Roman Catholics asked a bankruptcy judge Thursday to prevent the San Diego diocese from closing or selling churches, schools and charities to...
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Quote:Among key findings in the report, which is not yet complete, is that financial statements filed by Bishop Robert Brom and other church officers make no disclosure of a trust relationship between...
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Looks like some parishes are participating in the Catholic tradition of lying to protect the institution, aka mental reservation:Quote:A handful of parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego...
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Quote:An attorney for Catholic parishes and a top church official said yesterday that churches and schools will comply with a policy to deposit surplus funds with the diocese.If a given pastor doesn't...
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Quote:Anticipating that the bankruptcy court may soon send child sexual-abuse lawsuits to trial, lawyers for the San Diego diocese are seeking to have a different federal judge determine how much the...
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Quote:A federal judge found Friday that the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego misrepresented its finances and ordered it to explain why its bankruptcy case shouldn't be dismissed.The church...
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Quote:A federal judge ordered San Diego's Bishop Robert Brom to show why the local Diocese bankruptcy case shouldn't be dismissed. The judge cited findings of a court-appointed financial expert and...
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Quote:Bishop Brom has lied to you about his past indiscretions, he has lied to you about monies available, and he has used the San Diego tax payer's monies to drag these cases through the courts...
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Quote:A U.S. District judge yesterday refused to intervene in the Roman Catholic diocese's clergy sex abuse cases, saying that at least for now, the matter is best left up to the discretion of the...
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Quote:A federal bankruptcy judge Friday agreed to send 42 child sex abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego back to state court for jury trials.Judge Louise DeCarl Adler, who...
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Quote:Unfortunately the law is that criminal prosecutions are not possible for crimes that happened many years ago, that's why these cases are in civil court. The Church has responsibility for...
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Quote:The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it has agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment since the U.S. abuse scandal...
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Quote:It was the best method, Brom would tell his nearly 1 million parishioners, to provide fair and equitable compensation for all of the victims of abuse without disrupting the core mission of the...
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Quote:The Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners and priests to make contributions to help pay for the recent $198.1 million sexual abuse settlement.A memo issued this week by Bishop...
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Quote:The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners to donate $25 million to help pay for its $198.1 million settlement with childhood sex abuse victims.The diocesan headquarters and...
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Quote:In a letter dated Oct. 15 sent to all 99 parishes of the diocese, Bishop Robert Brom asks everyone in the diocese to participate in what he terms a sacrificial giving campaign which we are...
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Quote:81 percent gave the church hierarchy's actions a failing grade. "As a Roman Catholic, I am greatly disappointed by the leadership of my church," wrote Patricia Schwab of San Carlos. "Us...
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