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By Associated Press
A 2009 bankruptcy filing by the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington cost $15.8 million in lawyers’ fees and other expenses.
The diocese filed for bankruptcy in 2009 in the face of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a former priest. It emerged in 2011 after paying $77 million into a trust fund for victims.
The News Journal says a report this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court detailed the overall costs of the filing.
More than $12 million of the money went to lawyers’ fees and expenses.
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