SEX ABUSE CLAIMS AGAINST CLERGY IS DEVASTATING THE GALLUP DIOCESE. NOW IT'LL FILE FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. TWENTY CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE DIOCESE, SOME DATING BACK TO THE 1950S. IT'S SAID TO BE ONE OF THE POOREST DIOCESES IN THE U-S.
BISHOP JAMES WALL ANNOUNCED THE MOVE IN CHURCHES OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. NO PARISHES ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE AS A RESULT OF FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY. HE SAID MANY OF THE CLAIMS OCCURRED DURING TIMES WHEN THE ORGANIZATION EITHER WASN'T INSURED, OR ITS INSURANCE WAS LIMITED.
