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The Milwaukee archdiocese has already paid out over $29 million to settle 200 cases over the last 20 years. They said that these additional cases would cause hefty legal fees that the archdiocese could not afford. The archdiocese has assets of about $98.4 million, but $90 million of that is restricted for specific uses. [41]
The Archdiocese of Atlanta (Latin: Archdiœcesis Atlantensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northern Georgia in United States. The archdiocese is led by a prelate archbishop , who also serves as pastor of the mother church , the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. [ 1 ]
The filing seeks to protect parish assets, school money and trust funds from abuse victims; the archdiocese's contention is that parish assets are not the archdiocese's assets. Plaintiffs in the cases against the archdiocese have argued that the Catholic Church is a single entity, and that the Vatican should be liable for any damages awarded in ...
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In memos written in 1986 and 1987, Msgr. Thomas Curry, then the archdiocese's advisor on sex abuse cases, ... In 2007, Baker pleaded guilty in criminal court to abusing two boys. He was sentenced ...
James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. (February 18, 1939 – December 27, 1992) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Atlanta from 1991 to 1992. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1979 to 1990. He was the second African-American archbishop in history.
Instead, the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved hears the case. The Court is composed of three diocesan bishops and two appellate judges; it has jurisdiction over both of the provinces of Canterbury and York. The Court, however, meets very rarely. Appeal from the Arches Court and Chancery Court (in non-doctrinal cases) lies to the King-in ...
Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.. As a metropolitan bishop, the archbishop oversees the entire Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta which spans the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and consists of the dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh ...