More Vermont diocese properties face liens
July 5th, 2009
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(AP) – BURLINGTON, Vt. – A judge has put liens on four church-owned rest homes and part of the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese’s investments in order to cover jury awards in two priest sex abuse cases. The two cases resulted in $12.3 million damage awards following separate trials last year. To assure payment, liens were placed on the diocese’s headquarters in Burlington, but a drop in the value of church…