The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York

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April 16, 2024
Retired Judge Carey Dies, Fraudster Charged, Diocese Bails

The bankruptcy bench in Delaware lost a well-respected colleague, retired Judge Kevin J. Carey, while federal court officials made good on efforts to root out fraud in the nation's bankruptcy courts, and a New York Catholic diocese moved to end its Chapter 11 case without a reorganization plan after abuse claimants roundly rejected its proposal.
April 15, 2024
NY Diocese Moves To End Ch. 11 Amid Plan Opposition

A Catholic diocese on New York's Long Island has asked a bankruptcy judge to dismiss its Chapter 11 case, noting the debtor's latest reorganization proposal was voted down by a "supermajority" of its creditors.
February 15, 2024
Judge Doubts NY Diocese Has Enough Votes For Ch. 11 Plan

A New York bankruptcy judge said Thursday the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre had sufficiently explained its Chapter 11 plan to creditors, but appeared skeptical that it will garner the necessary votes for approval.
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.