Parishes, schools to be shielded from lawsuits in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy for now - Maryland Daily Record

Parishes, schools to be shielded from lawsuits in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy for now A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to shield the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s parishes and schools from lawsuits, at least for now, in order to protect insurance policies that are likely some of the archdiocese’s most important assets. The decision means that childhood sexual abuse survivors will not be able to file lawsuits against an individual parish or school if the institution was covered by the same insurance policy as the archdiocese. The judge’s order shielding...