Diocese will file for bankruptcy
From Times Wire Reports
The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after negotiations failed to settle sexual abuse claims, its top officials said.
“I am legally and morally bound to both fulfill our mission and to pursue healing for those injured,” Bishop Donald J. Kettler said in a statement.
More than 150 claims were filed against the church, alleging abuse by clergy or church workers from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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