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Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
BALTIMORE – The Archdiocese of Baltimore on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact. The step will allow the oldest diocese in the United States “to equitably compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse” while the local Catholic church continues its mission and ministries, Archbishop William E. Lori said in a statement posted on the archdiocese website. But attorneys and advocates said the church is simply trying to protect its assets and silence abuse victims by halting all civil claims against the a

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