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	Judge Asks Diocese to Defend Bankruptcy Filing Associated Press, carried in KESQ August 10, 2007 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6917440&nav=9qrx San Diego — A federal judge is ordering the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego to explain why its six-month-old bankruptcy proceedings should not be thrown out of court. US Bankruptcy Judge Louse DeCarl Adler filed a tersely worded, six-page order today that said the church undervalued its real-estate holdings and failed to disclose facts about its financial transactions to the court. She also cited an independent audit that found individual parishes were hiding donations and other assets from the court. A hearing on the issue is scheduled for September 6th in San Diego. The San Diego diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy February 27th, just hours before going to trial in more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests. The filing automatically halted trials scheduled to hear those lawsuits. Those trials would be allowed to proceed if the bankruptcy is dismissed.
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