{"id":3588,"date":"2006-03-30T09:32:47","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T09:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/almost-broke.html"},"modified":"2006-03-30T09:32:47","modified_gmt":"2006-03-30T09:32:47","slug":"almost-broke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/almost-broke.html","title":{"rendered":"Almost broke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spokane diocese, that is. Sort of:<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m very concerned, obviously, about the fact that frankly every month this debtor goes further and further in the hole in terms of cash," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Patricia Williams said during a hearing this week. <\/p>\n

"That’s a fact of life that is getting worse every single month and I ask myself periodically, you know, how many churches are we going to have to sell just because we can’t get to plan confirmation?" Williams said. <\/p>\n

Williams wondered whether churches or other diocese assets may have to be sold just to pay the mounting costs of the case. <\/p>\n

Diocese attorney Shaun Cross said that lawyers in the case would never ask that a church be sold to pay their fees. <\/p>\n

The diocese has about $2 million in cash, according to its most recent financial statement. It’s unclear how much it owes, but legal fees alone add up to $1.4 million, according to the diocese. <\/p>\n

It has not paid lawyers in at least two months. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Later in the article, interesting hints of discord and disagreement between diocesan lawyers and those representing individual parishes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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