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Tue 10 Oct 2009US diocese files for bankruptcy ahead of abuse case
THE CATHOLIC diocese of Wilmington has become the seventh diocese in the US to file for bankruptcy protection while facing a barrage of claims for compensation from people who allege they were abused by clergy.
The diocese, which serves about 233,000 Catholics in the states of Delaware and Maryland, made the filing late on Sunday. A civil case brought by a 57-year-old man who claims he was molested more than 100 times by a now-defrocked priest was due to start yesterday.
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