ROCHESTER (NY)
WHAM
February 11, 2020
A federal judge has ruled retired Bishop Matthew Clark will be deposed amid ongoing bankruptcy proceedings against the Diocese of Rochester.
The diocese filed for bankruptcy last year amid the filing of lawsuits under the Child Victims Act.
Attorneys had asked a judge to put the retired bishop on the stand. They say Clark, who presided over the diocese for more than three decades, knows the answers to questions only he can answer related to “his knowledge of sexual abuse”, “transfers of sexual abusers” and how complaints against priests were investigated.
In September, the diocese announced Clark had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The diagnosis was announced less than a month after lawsuits began to be filed under the Child Victims Act, and less than two weeks before the diocese declared it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Attorneys for CVA victims said it was critical Clark answer questions related to their cases “before he is no longer able to testify.”
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