By Amira Abuzeid, Catholic News Agency - Alexandria becomes 36th U.S. diocese to declare bankruptcy... The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, Oct. 31, making it the 41st U.S. diocese to seek court-supervised reorganization in the wake of clergy sexual abuse claims... Bishop Robert Marshall Jr., who has led the 50-parish diocese in central Louisiana since 2020, announced the petition in a letter and video posted to the diocese’s website... “As your bishop, I apologize to abuse survivors ... "