The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy on May 8 due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland announced Monday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in light of about 330 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse under a recent California statute that allowed decades-old cases to be re-opened.