Facing a mountain of sexual abuse lawsuits, the Oakland Diocese might file for bankruptcy.
As NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit first reported, more than a thousand new lawsuits have been filed against the catholic church throughout Northern California and Barber said he's learned about 330 target the Oakland Diocese.
Barber said that filing for bankruptcy protection may be the only way to provide"equitable" compensation for abuse survivors while also preserving the church.Tim Stier, a former Bay Area priest, was defrocked last year, after protesting the catholic church’s abuse record.“Their method is always to protect the assets. It’s a lawyerly approach, but it’s not the way of Jesus and the gospel,” Stier said.
“Secondly, it’s going to keep the files closed. When you’re in a bankruptcy, it’s no longer about right and wrong and cover up. It’s really just about the money. And it would freeze any discovery that would lead the public from discovering how widespread the abuse was,” he said.
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