GALLUP (NM)
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Posted by Joelle Casteix on September 3, 2013
The Diocese of Gallup, which owns parishes and employs priests in both New Mexico and Arizona, has said that it will declare bankruptcy to avoid embarrassing civil child sex abuse and cover-up trials.
Published in The Gallup Independent, Gallup, NM, Sept. 3, 2013 (the paper does not publish stories online):
Diocese of Gallup to file bankruptcy
Mounting clergy sex abuse legal claims spark Chapter 11 reorganization
By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Independent correspondent
GALLUP — Catholics across western New Mexico and northern Arizona received bombshell news while attending Mass over the Labor Day weekend.
The Diocese of Gallup announced it will petition for Chapter 11 reorganization in federal bankruptcy court because of mounting clergy sex abuse legal claims, according to a statement issued by Bishop James Wall.
“After considering all of the options and consulting with advisors inside and outside the Diocese, I have determined that filing a petition for Chapter 11 reorganization for the Gallup Diocese of Gallup (sic) is the most effective and thoughtful course to take in light of the claims from those who were abused,” Wall stated.
Priests across the diocese, which includes parishes in six counties in New Mexico, three counties in Arizona and seven Native American reservations, were given the task of delivering the bad news by
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