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  Spokane Diocese Lawyer Faces Court Action

By John Stucke
The Spokesman-Review
February 12, 2010

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/12/diocese-lawyer-faces-court-action/

Arpin could be charged with contempt over alleged threat to sue bankruptcy trustee

An attorney for the Catholic Diocese of Spokane faces a contempt of court hearing for allegedly threatening a bankruptcy trustee with a personal lawsuit.

The hearing involving attorney Greg Arpin will be held Feb. 22 in front of U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Patricia Williams.

Arpin, of the Spokane law firm Paine Hamblen LLP, has represented the diocese for years and has played a major role defending it during the child sex-abuse scandal that forced the diocese into a protracted and expensive bankruptcy.

Although the bankruptcy case has been largely resolved through a $48 million settlement with victims of clergy sex …

 
 

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