fromThe Mercury News
6 days agoBay Area Catholic Diocese sells 2 churches as bishop says it's running out of money
The sales prices suggest something modest, even forgettable. But the real estate transactions are weighted with meaning. The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa recently gained approval to sell two small churches - one near Cloverdale, one in Hopland - as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, a judicial process now 2½ years old. They probably won't be the last properties liquidated by the diocese as it continues mediation talks with insurance companies and with survivors of alleged sexual abuse,
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