Diocese of Fresno to file for bankruptcy to compensate abuse victims

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Diocese of Fresno has announced a program to record for bankruptcy arsenic it faces implicit 154 claims from victims of intersexual maltreatment by clergy members.

The diocese says the archetypal fewer tribunal cases oregon settlements would apt hitch retired its finances.

Instead, the diocese says filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy would assistance guarantee each its creditors and victims are 'compensated reasonably and equitably.'

It says that it provides a model to bring each parties unneurotic nether the bankruptcy court's supervision to resoluteness claims with the resources available.

The diocese says that an unsecured creditors' committee would correspond victims of intersexual abuse, and a money would beryllium established for organisation to victims.

The diocese has addressed claims of intersexual battle successful the past, publishing a database successful 2021 of clergy members who had credible allegations against them.

The database was published aft a lengthy probe into claims of intersexual battle against minors wrong the diocese.

The diocese says it volition officially record the petition for bankruptcy successful August.