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Bankruptcy protection sought by archdiocese
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| Last Edited | Summer Intern Jul 07, 2004 12:50pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - San Diego Union-Tribune |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 7, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Portland Archdiocese filed for bankruptcy yesterday because of the steep costs from clergy sex-abuse lawsuits, an unprecedented step that could open the Roman Catholic archdiocese to new levels of court scrutiny.
No other U.S. diocese has filed for bankruptcy, although Boston threatened to do so at the height of the abuse crisis that began there two years ago. The Diocese of Tucson, Ariz., has said it will decide whether to seek court protection before an abuse trial there in September.
Portland's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing halted the trial of a lawsuit against the Rev. Maurice Grammond, accused of molesting more than 50 boys in the 1980s. Grammond died in 2002. |
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