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Expert hired to help resolve New Orleans archdiocese bankruptcy faces FBI scrutiny

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Mohsin Meghji speaks at Lighthouse International in New York on 22 March 2011. Photograph: Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A nationally renowned business-turnaround expert hired to help resolve the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’ contentious and costly bankruptcy – which has ensnared hundreds of clergy molestation survivors – is now facing scrutiny from the FBI after his conduct in a separate case raised ethics-related questions.

The Wall Street Journal published reporting on the FBI and Mohsin “Mo” Meghji on Wednesday, the day he was due to complete an assessment on the viability of two competing archdiocesan restructuring plans drafted by the church as well as those to whom it is indebted, among them hundreds of victims of sexually abusive clergymen.

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