San Francisco, Calif., Nov 23, 2011 / 01:11 am
The Archdiocese of San Francisco won a three-year legal fight Nov. 18, after a Superior Court judge moved to throw out charges against the archdiocese for a multimillion-dollar “delinquent” tax bill.
“The Archdiocese of San Francisco is delighted that the Superior Court has vindicated the position the archdiocese has taken all along,” George Wesolek, director of communications, said in a Nov. 18 statement.
Judge Richard A. Kramer issued a 43-page “Tentative Statement of Decision” in favor of the archdiocese after a grueling legal battle with San Francisco assessor-recorder Phil Ting.
Ting attempted to impose a transfer tax of $14.4 million on more than 200 parish and school properties when San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer initiated a corporate restructuring of the archdiocese in 2007.