Baltimore Archdiocese Files For Bankruptcy Protection

The Washington Post reports:

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, less than two days before a new state law takes effect allowing victims of child sexual abuse to sue institutions, no matter how long ago the abuse took place.

Federal bankruptcy law halts all lawsuits against an entity that files for bankruptcy. Instead, the legal action will shift to a bankruptcy court, where the process — if successful — will set a permanent end-date when alleged victims of abuse related to the church can file claims, rather than opening a permanent window as the law intended.

The bankruptcy filing came hours after lawyers publicly announced two complaints they had planned to file against the archdiocese Sunday, allegations from two women who say they were raped as children and that the archdiocese looked the other way.

Read the full article. Baltimore Archbishop William Lori [photo] appeared here in June when he named 42 “credibly accused” predator priests and archdiocese employees.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, less than two days before a new state law takes effect allowing victims of child sexual abuse to sue institutions, no matter how long ago the abuse took place. https://t.co/uWF6pCoDnc

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