Portland Archdiocese Filing Chapter 11

[Sandpiper]

Let this be a lesson to all of the pedophile enablers.


Portland Archdiocese Filing Chapter 11

Tue Jul 6, 1:22 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!


By AVIVA L. BRANDT, Associated Press Writer

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Archdiocese said Tuesday that it will file for bankruptcy, becoming the first Roman Catholic diocese in the nation to seek bankruptcy court relief in the face of accusations of sexual abuse.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy action, planned for Tuesday afternoon, puts an immediate halt to a priest abuse case scheduled to begin in Portland on Tuesday. It involves the Rev. Maurice Grammond, who was accused of molesting more than 50 boys in the 1980s.

Plaintiffs in two lawsuits involving Grammond have sought a total of more than $160 million.

The archdiocese and its insurers already have paid more than $53 million to settle more than 130 claims by people who say they were abused by priests.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040706/ap_on_re_us/archidocese_bankruptcy_4

[mom cat]

1. Those bastards are just trying to evade responsibility.

The only things sacred to them are the unborn and their power over the helpless. They are not tending the flock...they are fleecing them and cheneying them.

[BayCityProgressive]

2. Fuck them

I hope thye really do lose all of their money...I have no problem with everyday Catholics and I think many aspects of the religion are beautiful...but too much of it has been engulfed by the huge beurocracy of the leadership.

[Moderator]

3. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=667992