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Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Archdiocese of Agana, Guam. These and more than 20 other diocese and religious orders nationwide have filed for bankruptcy protection to handle the increasing costs associated with the child sexual abuse crisis. On Friday, May 1, 2020, another Catholic organization was added to the growing list: Archdiocese of New Orleans.<\/p>\n
The Archdiocese of New Orleans serves approximately a half\u00a0<\/span>million Catholics. Archbishop Gregory Aymond, the leader of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, stated that the decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is \u201cfor the good of the church, the victims and survivors.\u201d The Archdiocese has expressed that the filing will not affect individual parishes, schools, or ministries of the church, and normal daily ministry operations will continue.<\/p>\n The Archdiocese conveyed the following in a publicly issued statement, \u201cThis reorganization will also allow the Archdiocese to address remaining clergy abuse cases in a way that will allow funds to go directly to victims instead of funding prolonged, costly litigation.\u201d The Archdiocese\u2019s assets are between $100 million and $500 million, and its liabilities are within that same financial range.<\/p>\n Parish payments, by way of assessments and self-insurance premiums, are the largest source of funds for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, but Archbishop Aymond has expressed that payment of abuse claims will not come from parish funds. Instead, they will be generated from other sources, including insurance, investments, and oil and gas royalties. Archbishop Aymond has also stated that, if it came to it, the Archdiocese could sell unused land and buildings.<\/p>\n Survivors do not believe the Archdiocese of New Orleans has survivors\u2019 best interests at heart. As the bankruptcy process proceeds, all other unresolved priest abuse claims will be temporarily halted. Kevin Bourgeois, a leader of the New Orleans chapter of Survivors Network Abused by Priests (SNAP), called the Chapter 11 filing \u201can act of cowardice.\u201d SNAP leaders believe that the Archdiocese\u2019s decision \u201cis not good for survivors nor today\u2019s Catholics because living predators can remain hidden.\u201d<\/p>\n In the midst of the Archdiocese of New Orleans\u2019 attempts to remedy survivors\u2019 hurt by filing for financial bankruptcy, the religious institution must also remedy years of moral bankruptcy. The latter, however, seems much less attainable. The qualified attorneys at Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, and Overholtz are committed to bringing justice to survivors of sexual abuse. Please contact us to receive more information.<\/p>\n Sources: Archdiocese: Bankruptcy filing for good of church, victims and survivors; abuse claimants skeptical<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Archdiocese of Agana, Guam. These and more than 20 other diocese and religious orders nationwide have filed for bankruptcy protection to handle the increasing costs associated with the child sexual abuse crisis. On Friday, May 1, 2020, another Catholic organization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Archdiocese of Agana, Guam. These and more than 20 other diocese and religious orders nationwide have filed for bankruptcy protection to handle the increasing costs associated with the child sexual abuse crisis. On Friday, May 1, 2020, another Catholic organization was added to the growing list: Archdiocese of New Orleans.<\/p>\n The Archdiocese of New Orleans serves approximately a half <\/span>million Catholics. Archbishop Gregory Aymond, the leader of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, stated that the decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is \u201cfor the good of the church, the victims and survivors.\u201d The Archdiocese has expressed that the filing will not affect individual parishes, schools, or ministries of the church, and normal daily ministry operations will continue.<\/p>\n The Archdiocese conveyed the following in a publicly issued statement, \u201cThis reorganization will also allow the Archdiocese to address remaining clergy abuse cases in a way that will allow funds to go directly to victims instead of funding prolonged, costly litigation.\u201d The Archdiocese\u2019s assets are between $100 million and $500 million, and its liabilities are within that same financial range.<\/p>\n Parish payments, by way of assessments and self-insurance premiums, are the largest source of funds for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, but Archbishop Aymond has expressed that payment of abuse claims will not come from parish funds. Instead, they will be generated from other sources, including insurance, investments, and oil and gas royalties. Archbishop Aymond has also stated that, if it came to it, the Archdiocese could sell unused land and buildings.<\/p>\n Survivors do not believe the Archdiocese of New Orleans has survivors\u2019 best interests at heart. As the bankruptcy process proceeds, all other unresolved priest abuse claims will be temporarily halted. Kevin Bourgeois, a leader of the New Orleans chapter of Survivors Network Abused by Priests (SNAP), called the Chapter 11 filing \u201can act of cowardice.\u201d SNAP leaders believe that the Archdiocese\u2019s decision \u201cis not good for survivors nor today\u2019s Catholics because living predators can remain hidden.\u201d<\/p>\n In the midst of the Archdiocese of New Orleans\u2019 attempts to remedy survivors\u2019 hurt by filing for financial bankruptcy, the religious institution must also remedy years of moral bankruptcy. The latter, however, seems much less attainable. The qualified attorneys at Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, and Overholtz are committed to bringing justice to survivors of sexual abuse. Please contact us to receive more information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sources:\nhttp:\/\/www.bishop-accountability.org\/bankruptcy.htm<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/archdiocese-files-bankruptcy-amid-clergy-abuse-costs-70459545<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/article_aa9fb798-8bfc-11ea-9939-bfc392d7fecf.html<\/a><\/p>\n ","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,31,46,74,105,101,99],"tags":[9,7,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8064,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/8064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awkolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Bankruptcy Protection in the Abuse Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n