Let us not forget that it was the church's actions that brought about the problems for which it is finally being held accountable. It should pay for its malfeasance.
Not only will it pay in terms of court interference, it may find itself paying in ways it thought it was avoiding. Many of the abuse cases allege that the church fraudulently concealed priests' predatory bent when assigning them to new parishes. Since a claim sounding in fraud is not dischargeable under the Bankruptcy Code, the diocese might not get all the relief from a petition that it thinks it will get.
Vance R. Koven
Boston, Massachusetts USA
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