The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich plans to sell St. Bernard School in Montville and the 113 acres of land it sits on to help fund its proposed bankruptcy plan.
The diocese and school officials sai.
A judge has extended the deadline for the diocese to submit a bankruptcy plan until Sept. 30 so creditors can meet with a mediator and resolve a number of
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The past moral bankruptcy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich has led inevitably to its financial bankruptcy.
Last week the diocese serving the Connecticut counties of New London, Middlesex, Windham and Tolland, as well as Fishers Island, N.Y., filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code.
Along with Catholic dioceses across the nation and the world, the Norwich Diocese shares a shameful legacy of placing the protection of the church s reputation above protecting children, above acting lawfully, and above the Great Commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself.”
When scores of priests were found to have molested children predominately but not exclusively boys no love was shown to the victims. Instead, the truth was buried and pedophile priests were quietly transferred to other parishes, the families there unaware of the past misconduct. Often the result was new victims. It was evil.
Norwich Diocese Likely To Shell Out More Apart From $9.5 Million, After Facing 35 New Sexual Assault Lawsuits
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More trouble’s in store for the Diocese of Norwich and former Bishop Daniel Reilly, as he now faces 35 lawsuits pertaining to accusations made by men who alleged that they were sexually abused as children and teens by Christian Brother K. Paul McGlade, who ran the former Academy at Mount Saint John in Deep River in the 1990s.