Home›Sources›Wilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)SourcesWilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)catholicculture.org, read 2026-08-23Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Wilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/catholicculture-wilmington-bankruptcy-2009.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Wilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/catholicculture-wilmington-bankruptcy-2009Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-wilmington-becomes-7th-us-diocese-to-fil, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Wilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/catholicculture-wilmington-bankruptcy-2009}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXCatholic Culture news brief, published October 19, 2009, reporting the Diocese of Wilmington filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the prior day, becoming the seventh US diocese to do so, with Bishop W. Francis Malooly citing fair treatment of abuse victims as the reason.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedCatholic Culture (Trinity Communications)URLWell-attestedhttps://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4352Source TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: a Catholic news aggregator's contemporaneous report on the filing date, standard journalism.SourcesWilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)tier 2Catholic Culture (Trinity Communications)View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested6Abuse Inquiries and Response PoliciesDiocese of Wilmington 2011 Bankruptcy SettlementSourcesWilmington Becomes 7th US Diocese to File for Bankruptcy (Catholic Culture, October 19, 2009)General References1Abuse Inquiries and Response PoliciesDiocese of Wilmington 2011 Bankruptcy SettlementComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year