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San Francisco's Archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy as the Catholic Church continues to compensate victims of more than 500 sex abuse cases
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August 22, 2023
The Chapter 11 protection was filed on Tuesday, as had the case with the recent filings by Oakland and Santa Rosa's nearby dioceses of Oakland and Santa Rosa, seeking to shield the church district from several hundred civil lawsuits that have been broadcast against it. Both suspect child sexual assault by certain church leaders, and more than 500 people are currently in civil proceedings court. The district's archbishop denied the charges on Tuesday, citing the fact that'many occurred 30 or more years ago.' All were lodged following the enactment of a state law in 2019, which extended the statute of limitations for civil claims in sex harassment cases for many years.