The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, et al.

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February 08, 2024
Judge Urges NY Diocese, Abuse Claimants Into Ch. 11 Talks

A New York bankruptcy judge sent the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre's Chapter 11 plan disclosures and voting procedures back for another round of rewrites Thursday, while urging it and representatives of sexual abuse claimants into talks.
January 16, 2024
Judge Says NY Diocese Must Explain Its Ch. 11 Plan Better

A New York bankruptcy judge told the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre on Tuesday that it needed to rewrite its Chapter 11 plan disclosure to make it comprehensible to the sexual abuse claimants in the case.
November 21, 2023
Bankrupt NY Diocese Floats Abuse Test Cases Proposal

The unsecured creditors' committee in the Chapter 11 case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre asked a New York bankruptcy judge to pause the bankruptcy proceedings and allow a handful of sex abuse claims to go forward in state court litigation to uncover the full extent of the diocese's financial exposure.
October 27, 2023
NY Diocese Real Estate Deal OK'd, Netting $16M For Ch. 11

A New York bankruptcy judge has signed off on a real estate deal that will net the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre $16 million for its sex abuse survivors trust and lay to rest creditors' allegations that before it filed for Chapter 11 protection, the diocese fraudulently transferred more than 200 acres of valuable waterfront land to an affiliated seminary.
October 23, 2023
NY Diocese Ch. 11 Agreement Elusive As Deadline Looms

A bankrupt New York diocese is running out of time to file a consensual Chapter 11 plan, with a court hearing Monday yielding no apparent truce with creditors over hundreds of sexual abuse claimants after mediation failed.
October 19, 2023
Mediators Say NY Diocese's Ch. 11 Plan Talks Deadlocked

The mediators in the Chapter 11 case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre have told a New York bankruptcy judge that negotiations with sexual abuse claimants are deadlocked and unlikely to produce a reorganization plan by the judge's Halloween deadline.
October 02, 2023
NY Diocese's Creditors Can't Sue To Stop Insurer Deal

A New York bankruptcy judge Monday denied a request from the committee of unsecured creditors of the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre to sue the diocese's insurers, saying the suit would be a "hopeless filing" that seeks to prevent a settlement between the diocese and its insurers that has not and "may never" be inked.
September 26, 2023
NY Diocese Creditors Can Subpoena Insurer In Ch. 11

A New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday granted a discovery request from the committee of unsecured creditors of the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, allowing the committee to find out whether one insurer of the diocese is financially solvent enough to indemnify the diocese's abuse claimants.
September 06, 2023
Judge 'Aghast' At Fee Accrual In Long Island Diocese Ch. 11

A New York bankruptcy judge expressed frustration Wednesday with the lack of progress toward a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, saying he was "aghast" at the fees professionals have accrued in recent weeks.
July 13, 2023
Long Island Diocese Abuse Claims Nixed By Boy Scout Ch. 11

A New York bankruptcy judge Thursday disallowed nine sexual abuse claims in the Chapter 11 case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, saying the claims had already been addressed in the bankruptcy plan of the Boy Scouts of America.