Louisiana: Alexandria diocese files for bankruptcy over clergy abuse claims

<p>More than 40 Roman Catholic dioceses have filed chapter 11 claims, 28 of which had obvious indicators of abuse fallout</p><p>The number of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/catholicism">Roman Catholic</a> dioceses in the US which have declared federal bankruptcy amid the worldwide church’s clergy abuse scandal has grown after one in central Louisiana recently filed for chapter 11 protection.</p><p>The diocese of Alexandria announced in a <a href="https://www.diocesealex.org/our-diocese/chancery-office/chapter-11-reorganization/">statement</a> Friday it had joined more than 40 Catholic institutions in the US which have filed for bankruptcy protection. According to <a href="https://insight.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/bankruptcy/#:~:text=As%20of%20October%202025%2C%20forty,Ben%20Rosenblum%2C%20and%20Eric%20P.">Penn State’s law school</a>, 28 of those bankruptcies had concluded in one of the most obvious indicators of the clergy abuse scandal’s fallout.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/louisiana-diocese-bankruptcy-clergy-abuse-claims">Continue reading...</a>