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San Francisco Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy Citing 500 Sex Abuse Claims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The church said the filing is necessary to manage the more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual …

Delaware Jury Awards $2.4M in Clergy Abuse Case

A federal jury in Delaware awarded $2.4 million Monday to a New Jersey man who claimed he was abused as a boy more than 30 years ago by a cleric who worked in the Archdiocese of New York. Brian Elliott, …