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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.