Diocese of Winona-Rochester to file for bankruptcy - MN

[MineralMan]

Another one bites the dust. Yet another Roman Catholic diocese has to file bankruptcy because it couldn't keep its priests from sexually violating children. This raises the question of whether any Catholic diocese does not face such a fate. As investigations continue, more and more divisions of the RCC are falling into this pit, after covering up and ignoring such sexual abuse for decades.

https://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/diocese-of-winona-rochester-to-file-for-bankruptcy/article_02a13d71-15a1-5513-a236-87ee8b9cc0bb.html

Diocese of Winona-Rochester to file for bankruptcy

Matthew Willkom, communications director for the Diocese, said the decision is being made in cooperation with legal counsel representing the survivors of sexual abuse

“Bishop (John) Quinn believes this is the best path forward to bring healing and justice to survivors of past child sexual abuse by clergy in our Diocese,” Willkom said in an email.

Quinn wrote a letter announcing the decision that was included in the bulletins at Sunday Mass across the Diocese. The bankruptcy will not impact the day-to-day operations of the Diocese, parishes and schools, Willkom said.

There are 17 men who served as priests in the Diocese of Winona, which changed its name to the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in March 2018, accused of sexual abuse.