Church Attorneys Threatened with Contempt of Court, Associated Press, carried in CBS 2, April 11, 2007

Church Attorneys Threatened with Contempt of Court

Associated Press, carried in CBS 2
April 11, 2007

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_101073423.html

(AP) San Diego, Calif. An attorney for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is due in court this afternoon to respond to a judge's threat to revoke her permit to practice.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler accuses the diocese and its attorney, Susan Boswell, of misrepresenting the court's order with regard to parish assets. She is demanding that Boswell show financial transfers to parishes were not attempts to shield assets from any potential settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler accuses the diocese and its attorney, Susan Boswell, of misrepresenting the court's order with regard to parish assets.
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Adler cited a March 29th letter sent by a diocese parish organization to pastors urging them to open new bank accounts and transfer any funds held in accounts under the diocese's taxpayer ID number.

The diocese filed for bankruptcy protection in February, just hours before the first civil sex-abuse trial was scheduled to begin in San Diego Superior Court.