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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Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals in August, one of whom is the bishop of San Diego, California. Who is Bishop Robert .
Bishop Robert McElroy. CNA file photo. / nullSt. Louis, Mo., May 29, 2022 / 07:20 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals in August, one of whom is the bishop of San Diego, California. Who is Bishop Robert McElroy? Here are some fast facts:A San Francisco native, McElroy has led the San Diego diocese since 2015. Born in San Francisco in 1954, Bishop McElroy grew up in San Mateo County. McElroy was ordained a priest in 1980 and served as an auxiliary bishop to San Francisco s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone starting in 2010. In 2015, Pope Francis tapped him to lead the San Diego diocese, succeeding Bishop Cirilo Flores, who died of cancer in September 2014 just one year after assuming the position.McElroy underwent coronary bypass surgery late last year, which according to the diocese was successful. As a cardinal, at age 68, he is well within the maximum age of 80 to be able to vote in a future conclave. McElroy is a frequently-heard voice in.