Catholic Group Proposes Legislation to Keep Dioceses Financially Accountable for Clergy Sex Abuse of Minors, by Emily Mangiaracina

By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSiteNew, April 23, 2024

Dioceses can shirk financial penalties by filing bankruptcy after sex abuse lawsuits. Roman Catholic Faithful’s Project Rape Accountability would instead force financial accountability in such cases.

CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) — The watchdog group Roman Catholic Faithful publicly announced on Tuesday its newly launched “Project Rape Accountability” that proposes a federal legislative amendment that would prevent the discharge of dioceses’ debts arising from the sexual abuse of minors.

In an effort to combat the Catholic hierarchy’s culture of complacency amid the clerical sex abuse of minors, Roman Catholic Faithful has proposed a legislative amendment that would keep dioceses financially accountable when they are sued due to such abuse.

Since under current U.S. law Catholic dioceses can have much of their debts discharged upon filing for bankruptcy, the Roman Catholic Faithful has proposed that the law be amended to add the following exception to the debt discharge of bankruptcy: “for any debt, judgment or potential liability arising out of the sexual molestation or abuse committed against a minor. This provision applies not only to the individual abuser, but to the entity, organization or corporation by whom he or she is employed or acts on behalf of the organization.” ….

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