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  • Judge's tears, rebuke close case (San Diego diocese in turmoil)

    11/03/2007 7:05:59 AM PDT · by NYer · 63 replies · 179+ views
    Sign On San Diego ^ | November 2, 2007 | Sandi Dolbee and Mark Sauer
    The San Diego Catholic diocese's eight-month-old bankruptcy case drew to an emotional close yesterday with the judge shedding tears and scolding the church for being “disingenuous” in reporting its finances to parishioners as part of a campaign to fund a $198 million settlement with victims of sexual abuse. “Chapter 11 is not supposed to be a vehicle, a method, to hammer down the claims of those abused.”JUDGE LOUISE DeCARL ADLERon the diocese filing for bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler said she had planned to grant the diocese's request to dismiss the bankruptcy without comment. But then she got a packet...