TUCSON (AZ)
KVOA
The lead bankruptcy lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson claims parishes are financially separate from the diocese.
In a court filing, attorney Susan Boswell says the diocese holds the parishes in trust "with each parish retaining the equitable and beneficial interest in that property."
Boswell wants an argument by another diocese that parishes are not separate financial entities stricken from a court's record.
Two months ago, attorneys filed a motion in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of the Diocese of Phoenix that said a parish "does not independently own any property or assets," and that parishes within a diocese are "part of the diocese itself," separate under church law, but not civil law.
Posted by kshaw at December 10, 2004 03:24 PM