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Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California / Skier Dude|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0Boston, Mass., May 15, 2023 / 15:05 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Oakland, in California, has filed for bankruptcy protection, Bishop Michael Barber announced May 8. The filing comes less than a month following Barber's announcement that the diocese was strongly considering the legal maneuver due to hundreds of expected child sexual abuse lawsuits brought after the statute of limitations expired at the end of a three-year legal window.In 2019, the state of California passed legislation that granted...

Bishop Barber said in his letter that the bankruptcy filing will not affect the diocese’s Catholic schools, employees, Catholic Charities, St. Vincent de Paul...

On May 8, Bishop Michael Barber announced that the Diocese of Oakland, California, has filed for bankruptcy protection. This decision follows less than a month after Bishop Barber revealed that ...

The diocese considered the legal maneuver due to hundreds of expected child sexual abuse lawsuits brought after the statute of limitations expired.

Null / Minerva Studio/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Mar 21, 2023 / 08:56 am (CNA).The Catholic Diocese of Oakland is considering filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to respond to hundreds of lawsuits concerning decades-old sex abuse incidents in what the local bishop called a "monumental challenge.""Since the closing of the filing window on Dec. 31, 2022, we have been informed there may be approximately 330 lawsuits filed against our diocese," Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, said in a March 16 letter to parishioners and friends of the Diocese of Oakland. "As the court continu...