Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (Q640317)

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Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States
  • Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Diocese of New Orleans
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States
  • Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Diocese of New Orleans

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25 April 1793Gregorian
19 July 1850Gregorian
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Created as a diocese in 1793 and established as an archdiocese in 1850, [ECF Doc. 14, ¶ 6], the Archdiocese filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy relief on May 1, 2020, joining 29 other diocesan bankruptcies that have filed for bankruptcy protection across the country between July 2004 and June 2020, see Ex. 66. The Archdiocese covers eight civil parishes, consists of 112 church parishes, and educates approximately 33,000 students per year in both independent and archdiocesan-owned Catholic schools. [ECF Doc. 14, ¶ 7]. (English)
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As of the Petition Date, the Archdiocese was defending 34 lawsuits filed between 2018 and2020 in a Louisiana state court by claimants alleging sexual abuse by clergy (the “Abuse Cases”) and had been working to resolve a similar number of claims for which lawsuits had yet to be filed. (English)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press. (English)
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
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