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SAN DIEGO-A group claiming to represent more than 1 million Roman Catholics asked a bankruptcy judge Thursday to prevent the San Diego diocese from closing or selling churches, schools and charities to settle sex- abuse cases.The group,Parishioners for Churches and Schools, wants to join a trial set for this fall in federal bankruptcy court that will determine whether parish properties can be seized or liquidated through the Catholic Diocese of San Diego in any settlement.Patrick Hazel,the group's president,said it would be unjust if a settlement in the cases reduced the church's ability to educate its children or perform charitable work."The parishioners who provided donations had no knowledge of the abuse,didn't condone it,didn't authorize it.They are innocent,"Hazel said.If the motion for intervention by the parishioners' group is granted,it would be the first such legal claim by parishioners in a bankruptcy proceeding for a U.S. diocese,according to Thomas
Califano,a lawyer for the parishioners' group.More than 140 plaintiffs who claim they were abused are seeking a settlement of about $200 million from the diocese.Their attorneys have sued the diocese in the bankruptcy court for allegedly shielding land and other holdings worth millions through transfers to parishes and schools.Church officials deny they have hidden or illegally transferred resources.The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Feb. 27.It initially reported about $95 million in assets but now estimates that its assets may be worth close to $150 million.An independent audit of the diocese's accounts is being prepared under court order.The San Diego diocese is the largest of five Catholic dioceses around the country to seek bankruptcy protection.Irwin Zalkin,an attorney representing 54 alleged abuse victims,said his clients did not want to force churches and schools to close.He said the diocese has claimed a broad range of assets belong to its parishes."It includes vacant lots,it includes condos,it includes gas stations,the revenues of which flow directly to the diocese,"he said.An attorney for the diocese,Micheal Webb,welcomed the intervention of parishioners in the bankruptcyproceedings. "They're a separate organization,but we're glad to see them here,"Webb said.A hearing has been set for Sept.6 before Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler.The parishioners' group also asked to be recognized by the federal trustee overseeing the case,Califano said.A call to U.S. trustee Steven Katzman was not immediately returned.Earlier this month,the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $660 million to settle abuse claims in the largest payout yet.Cardinal Roger Mahony has said the settlement will not have an impact on local ministries and that no parish properties or schools will be sold to cover the $250 million the archdiocese will pay outright.
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PS:Roman Catholics write me angry emails,saying that I"m frustrated and that I am the one that has a problem.It's SAD that they are so blinded as to see the thruth or pretend this kind of abuses never happened...They are more concerned about the money they put in the offering plate than the TRUTH...The RCC is wealthy beyond measure.I'm not for a settlement either.The only "settlement"I would take would be that those pedophile priests would be stripped of their position and prosecuted and charged as any other child molester that we see on TV.What the RCC church has done instead is "relocate" them.So the same priest is still around...A TRUTH that many blinded RCC members don't want to see.And I understand.Accepting the fact that one has been lied and cheated all these years but the one Church that has recently been declared again as "The Only One True Church" by the pope....It's kind of upsetting.
If the RCC church was the Only One Tru Church....My God....!We would be in trouble on earth.....!
My heart goes out to all these men and women that were molested and abused and robbed of their inocence by a member of the Only One True Church...
JOHN 8:32!!!!!!!!
As in the days of Noah...
