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	Catholic Parishes Go Independent Chicago Tribune September 9, 2005 TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which filed for bankruptcy last year due to potentially costly lawsuits over sexual abuse by priests, will make its 74 parishes separate nonprofit corporations. The move would protect them from being sold off to pay diocesan debt, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Bishop Gerald Kicanas said he doesn't expect the action to affect parishioners. Separate parish corporations have previously been created by dioceses in Baker, Ore.; Davenport, Iowa; Lincoln, Neb.; Milwaukee; New York; Providence, R.I., and Stockton, Calif. The Tucson Diocese last year filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of potentially expensive lawsuits alleging clergy sexual abuse of minors.