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Baltimore Catholic archdiocese files for bankruptcy as clergy abuse victims prepare suits - The Washington Post

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Baltimore Catholic archdiocese files for bankruptcy as clergy abuse victims prepare suits - The Washington Post

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Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, facing possible slew of abuse lawsuits, files for bankruptcy

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The move blocks lawsuits allowed under a new state law that lets child sexual abuse survivors seek damages from institutions that harbored their abusers.

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Bankruptcy should not be a shield from reparations to rape victims.
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  Especially when there’s a parent company who is solvent.
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    Exactly. I don’t even understand how they can even be allowed to declare bankruptcy.

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