NEW MEXICO
ABQ Journal
By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer
The Diocese of Gallup identifies itself in court records as “the poorest diocese in the United States,” where 43 percent of residents live below the poverty level.
A key job of attorneys in the diocese’s ongoing bankruptcy case will be to sort out the diocese’s assets from those of its 53 parishes and three nonprofits that operate within the 55,000-square-mile diocese, court records and attorneys say.
The diocese listed $646,000 in assets and $667,000 in liabilities, according to records it filed Nov. 12 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Mexico.
The Diocese of Gallup is the ninth U.S. diocese to file for chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in response to claims and lawsuits filed by alleged victims of sexual abuse by priests.
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