Dodging justice
2023-10-01 21:26:37.53454+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
The step will allow the oldest diocese in the United States "to equitably compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse" while the local Catholic church continues its mission and ministries, Archbishop William E. Lori said in a statement posted on the archdiocese website.
Or "if we paid out to survivors of our abuse, we couldn't continue the institutions which enabled and covered up that abuse".