TUCSON (AZ)
Chicago Tribune
Tribune news services
Published September 9, 2005
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which filed for bankruptcy last year due to potentially costly lawsuits over sexual abuse by priests, will make its 74 parishes separate nonprofit corporations.
The move would protect them from being sold off to pay diocesan debt, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
Bishop Gerald Kicanas said he doesn't expect the action to affect parishioners.