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Judge rules parishes don't own property.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Judge rules parishes don't own property.(Courts)(The decision against the Archdiocese of Portland means assets could be sold to settle sexual abuse claims)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard

In a decision that derails church efforts to protect property from lawsuits filed by victims of priest sex abuse, a bankruptcy judge ruled Friday that the Archdiocese of Portland - and not its parishes - owns church assets.

In a related ruling, the same judge approved questions that attorneys for the victims plan to ask Archbishop William Levada next Friday when he becomes the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify in a deposition.

Local religious leaders believe that it will be years before they'll feel the effects of the decision on ownership of church assets.

"I have a dozen years before I retire, and I'll be retired before this is settled," said the Rev. Tom Yurchak of St. Jude Catholic Church in Eugene.

The Portland Archdiocese became the first in the nation...



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