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.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno announced this week that it will be filing for bankruptcy this summer as the number of sexual abuse allegations it faces rises beyond 150. Fresno diocese leader Bishop Joseph V. Brennan said in a statement that the Central Valley church will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. The diocese did not respond to calls and an email seeking comment.
. Bankruptcy is not the only way to achieve “fair recoveries” in lawsuits against the diocese, the organization said in a statement. It added that the process turns victims into “creditors” and leaves those abused before the filing date and unaware of the proceedings “forever barred” from suing for damages.
said Brennan and the diocese were the ultimate beneficiaries of the plan. “For those who suffered, or are suffering now, from child sex crimes committed in his diocese, there is no upside to this cruel and, in our opinion, unjustified legal tactic,” said in a statement. “ believes that children, not secrets and assets, are what need to be protected. This legal tactic, to us, shows that the Diocese of Fresno is indeed bankrupt, morally bankrupt.” Fresno’s diocese includes over 1 million Catholics among 87 parishes and 21 schools from Fresno, Kern, Kings, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties. The diocese released a list of clergy accused in 2021 including 64 ordained as early as 1906.
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