The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation

  1. August 11, 2023

    Epiq To Pay $50K Per Abuse Survivor In ID Release Settlement

    A proposed class of more than 100 people who allege they were sexually abused as children within a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut are seeking approval of a settlement by which the diocese's former Chapter 11 noticing firm would pay $50,000 per class member for having publicly disclosed their names.

  2. August 02, 2023

    Norwich Diocese Ch. 11 Plan Proposes Pursuing Past Insurers

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, and its unsecured creditors' committee proposed that the $32 million sexual abuse claims trust created by the Chapter 11 reorganization plan they submitted to a Connecticut bankruptcy judge will have claims against the diocese's past insurers on its agenda.

  3. June 21, 2023

    Conn. Diocese's Land Sale To Mohegan Tribe Gets Judge's OK

    A Hartford bankruptcy judge has approved the Norwich Roman Catholic Diocese's plan to sell its St. Bernard School campus and surrounding land for $6.55 million, weeks after an entity owned entirely by the Mohegan Tribe submitted the winning bid.

  4. May 23, 2023

    Epiq Slams Clergy Victims' 'Second Bite At The Apple' Filing

    Two clergy sex abuse survivors who allege Epiq Corporate Restructuring publicly exposed their names on a bankruptcy claims website shouldn't be allowed to supplement their objection to Epiq's motion to dismiss the suit, the firm told a Connecticut federal judge on Monday, saying it's an "impermissible attempt" to amend their complaint.

  5. April 12, 2023

    Epiq Willing To Disgorge Fees After Abuse Claimants ID'd

    Epiq Corporate Restructuring is "willing to agree" to disgorge all post-petition fees and expenses for work in the bankruptcy case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, after the legal services company accidentally published a list of more than 120 people who say they were sexually abused within the church as children.

  6. March 14, 2023

    Conn. Diocese's Ch. 11 Must Help Abuse Victims, Judge Says

    The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocese's Chapter 11 plan must provide nonmonetary "redress to some egregious claims" from more than 100 people who allege they were sexually abused within church and school programs as children, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge told attorneys during a virtual status conference on Tuesday.

  7. March 08, 2023

    Conn. Judge Weighs How To Shield Church Abuse Victim IDs

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge said Wednesday that he will wait to rule on allowing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, to replace its Chapter 11 claims and noticing agent until he is satisfied that the new company's service agreement meets specific judicial standards and maintains the privacy of sexual abuse survivors.