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Citing Abuse Lawsuits, California’s Smallest Diocese Files for Bankruptcy

chrisw80The Cathedral of St. Eugene is located in Santa Rosa, California.

The Santa Rosa Diocese has about 200,000 Catholics out of a population of close to 1 million. More than two dozen U.S. dioceses, including two in U.S. overseas territories, have entered into bankruptcy proceedings, the vast majority in the past decade.