San Diego Diocese denies charges that it hid assets to avoid paying child sexual abuse claims

Photo illustration. / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Feb 27, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).The Diocese of San Diego has rejected a lawsuit's allegations that it restructured diocesan properties to hide assets from sexual abuse victims. The diocese said its restructuring was part of a 10-year effort to establish parishes as separate legal entities.Irwin Zalkin, a San Diego lawyer who represents about 120 people who have filed sex abuse claims against the diocese, has alleged otherwise. He contends the property transfers were fraudulent and aimed to shield assets that could be used to compensate his clients and other sex abuse victims.The 2019 legislation known as Assembly Bill 218 significantly extended the statute of limitations for sex abuse lawsuits. It also allowed a three-year retrospective legal window for legal claims that previously fell beyond the legal time limit.The diocese faces 400 sexual abuse claims dating as far back as the 1940s. The diocese has said if it agreed to settle ...

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