The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York

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1:20-bk-12345

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New York Southern

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  1. November 18, 2024

    Judge Will OK $88M Insurance Deal For Long Island Diocese

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday approved an $88 million insurance settlement for Long Island's Roman Catholic diocese after being assured that sexual abuse claimants who pass up a payout from the diocese's Chapter 11 plan can pursue insurance claims on their own.

  2. November 04, 2024

    Long Island Diocese Can Use Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures

    The Roman Catholic diocese that covers New York's Long Island received bankruptcy court approval Monday for a Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement that now includes the final terms of a proposed settlement with a group of its insurers.

  3. October 30, 2024

    Judge Orders NY Diocese To Hash Out Ch. 11 Insurer Deal

    Long Island's Roman Catholic diocese must meet with its insurers Thursday to sort out the remaining details of their settlement, a New York bankruptcy judge said Wednesday, making clear he expected urgent work to ensure the church has a Chapter 11 plan in place before next year.

  4. October 25, 2024

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Brazilian airline GOL Linhas wants five more months to file a Chapter 11 plan, the U.S. trustee in Texas is champing at the bit to obtain documents from Jackson Walker LLP in connection with an investigation into ex-Judge David R. Jones, and talc claimants want another shot at moving the bankruptcy of a Johnson & Johnson unit out of Texas, the home of the divisional merger.

  5. September 30, 2024

    J&J Fights For Ch. 11 Venue, NY Diocese Settles For $323M

    Johnson & Johnson and the Justice Department are set to face off in a dispute over whether the consumer products giant was justified in putting a talc unit into bankruptcy in Texas this month, after the U.S. Trustee's Office accused J&J of "forum-shopping" its third Chapter 11 filing.

  6. September 26, 2024

    NY Diocese Reaches $323M Settlement With Abuse Survivors

    Long Island's bankrupt Roman Catholic diocese has agreed to a nearly $323 million deal with hundreds of survivors of sexual abuse, a historic settlement that will bring to a close after four years the church's Chapter 11 case, according to a statement issued Thursday.

  7. August 09, 2024

    Judge Sides With NY Diocese In Axing 33 Abuse Claims

    A New York federal judge has upheld the dismissal of 33 sexual abuse claims against Long Island's bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese, finding there was insufficient evidence the diocese had supervisory control over the alleged abusers.

  8. May 15, 2024

    NY Diocese, Abuse Claimants Sent To Ch. 11 Plan Talks

    A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday sent the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre and clergy sex abuse claimants back into mediation rather than grant the diocese's request to dismiss the case after the abuse claimants rejected its Chapter 11 plan.

  9. April 22, 2024

    Subchapter V Report, Express Hits Ch. 11, NY Diocese Fallout

    The American Bankruptcy Institute held its annual spring meeting last week, where a task force on Subchapter V presented its report and recommendations on small-business bankruptcy filings, and clothing retailer Express Inc. landed in Chapter 11 with more than $1 billion in debt.

  10. April 19, 2024

    NY Diocese Claims Rep Warns Of 'Disaster' If Ch. 11 Scrapped

    The future claims representative for sex abuse victims in the bankruptcy case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre told a New York judge Friday he could not "stand mute while this case barrels on toward disaster," after the organization moved to dismiss its case earlier this month.