SAN DIEGO- A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday ordered an external audit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, chastising church lawyers for a lack of transparency in court filings.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler grilled attorneys representing both the diocese and a parish organization, as well as two pastors who had sent letters the judge said misrepresented comments made from the bench during an earlier hearing.
Adler criticized church attorneys for failing to include 770 parish accounts in bankruptcy documents.
"This is the most Byzantine accounting system I've ever seen," Adler said. "I am mystified."
--San José Mercury-News
I thought it was Roman. Will the Ecumenical Patriarch be pleased?
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