Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno

Bishop Joseph Brennan and two other representatives of the Catholic Diocese of Fresno recently spent hours this week answering questions from federal lawyers and attorneys representing those who claimed they were sexually abused by clergy.

A flurry of sex abuse claims were made against the Catholic Diocese of Fresno following the passage of a state law known as the Child Victims Act in 2019.

Following allegations of abuse by clergy, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno has voluntarily petitioned for bankruptcy protection.

The Catholic Diocese of Fresno plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. But it is not the first time the Catholic church in California has sought this path.

The sudden announcement came amid mounting claims of abuse – 154 in total – which Bishop Joseph Brennan criticized harshly in a statement as “sins committed by individual clergy and a smaller number of the laity in the Diocese.”

The largest Catholic parish church in North America is now open in California's Central Valley. St. Charles Borromeo church in Visalia is expected to serve thousands of faithful Catholics each week.

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