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On May 26, 2020, it was agreed that the Diocese could undergo bankruptcy if $22.5 million was forfeited to compensate 70 sex abuse survivors. [ 52 ] In November 2018, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester released a statement claiming that the Diocese would soon file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to the financial burden caused by ...
On April 28, 2020, Scharfenberger sent a letter to 23 suspended, as well as accused, Buffalo clergy, informing them that due to the diocese's bankruptcy agreement, it could no longer pay them or provide them with retirement funds, health care, car insurance or dental care, effective May 1, 2020. [22]
In February 2020, the Diocese of Buffalo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid numerous sex abuse lawsuits. [96] In April 2020, Bishop Scharfenberger, the apostolic administrator of the diocese revealed that as part of the bankruptcy agreement, the diocese would halt cash payments and benefits to 23 diocesan priests suspended due to sex abuse ...
A settlement with the Diocese of Buffalo was announced in October 2022. Investigations into the other dioceses, including those in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse, are ongoing, James said.
A Roman Catholic diocese in Long Island, New York announced a new bankruptcy settlement on Thursday that would pay more than $323 million to about 530 sex abuse survivors who alleged they were ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual abuse victims as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. Catholic dioceses ...
In December 2004, the Diocese of Spokane, Washington agreed to pay at least $48 million as compensation to those abused by priests as part of its bankruptcy filing. This payout has to be agreed upon by victims and another judge. [118] The Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy in September 2004. The diocese reached an agreement with its victims ...
The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, has agreed to a $100 million settlement with parishioners who claimed they were preyed on by priests, the biggest payout by a Roman Catholic diocese in the U.S ...