{"id":54345,"date":"2025-07-15T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54345"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:40:22","slug":"diocese-of-fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/diocese-of-fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Bisdom Fresno vraagt officieel faillissement aan te midden van meer dan 150 misbruikclaims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: Minerva Studio\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 \/ 11:17 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fresno in California filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, seeking to address more than 150 abuse claims filed there in what Bishop Joseph Brennan said was part of a \u201cjourney of conversion through contrition.\u201d Brennan announced the filing via a video message on Tuesday. The bishop\u2019s message comes more than a year after he announced, in May 2024, that the diocese\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>null \/ Credit: Minerva Studio\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 \/ 11:17 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fresno in California filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, seeking to address more than 150 abuse claims filed there in what Bishop Joseph Brennan said was part of a \u201cjourney of conversion through contrition.\u201d Brennan announced the filing via a video message on Tuesday. The bishop\u2019s message comes more than a year after he announced, in May 2024, that the diocese\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":56718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58839,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/abuse-victims-agree-to-246-million-settlement-from-diocese-of-rochester-new-york\/","url_meta":{"origin":54345,"position":0},"title":"Abuse victims agree to $246 million settlement from Diocese of Rochester, New York","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. \/ Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 \/ 16:39 pm (CNA). 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Parishioners in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, won a reprieve on Friday when the state supreme court instituted a temporary halt on payments the diocese has required of parishes in order to fund its clergy abuse settlement amid a Vatican-moderated dispute over parish mergers.&nbsp; The complicated case stems from a group of parishes who object to the diocese\u2019s requirement that they pay huge portions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New York Supreme Court halts payments to Buffalo abuse fund amid parish merger dispute","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-York-Supreme-Court-halts-payments-to-Buffalo-abuse-fund-amid-parish-merger-dispute.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-York-Supreme-Court-halts-payments-to-Buffalo-abuse-fund-amid-parish-merger-dispute.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-York-Supreme-Court-halts-payments-to-Buffalo-abuse-fund-amid-parish-merger-dispute.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-York-Supreme-Court-halts-payments-to-Buffalo-abuse-fund-amid-parish-merger-dispute.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38616,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-agrees-to-180-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":54345,"position":4},"title":"Archdiocese of New Orleans agrees to $180 million settlement with abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juli 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. \/ Credit: travelview\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 11:52 am (CNA). 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