Anonymous ID: 9b6aa8 June 25, 2024, 2:47 p.m. No.21085897   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5901 >>6064 >>6362 >>6448 >>6510

A new wave of bankruptcies shakes the Catholic Church in California6 24 2024

Six Roman Catholic dioceses in California seek bankruptcy protections after victims of clergy sexual abuse were allowed to seek compensation in civil courts.

The Child Victims Act, approved in 2019, allowed for victims of clergy sexual abuse to seek justice in civil courts in California.

A law crafted after that Act in California, allowed E. Jean Carroll to prove she was the victim of Donald Trump in New York courts.

A new wave of news about bankruptcies in Roman Catholic dioceses of California is sweeping the Internet these days. According to Religion News Service, the new wave involves more than 3,000 cases.

It is not that new cases are emerging at the rate they were back at the height of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, in the aughts. In California, the new wave of bankruptcies in the Catholic Church are the by-product of a major change in the understanding of the reasons behind sexual abuse.

 

«In 2018, the California Legislature approved AB 218, a bill that lifted the statute of limitations for three years on child sex abuse litigation and allowed survivors to file suits regardless of when the abuse occurred. That three-year “window” for filing cases that otherwise would have been barred closed on December 31, 2022».

 

AB 2018 is the California Assembly Bill 218, a law also known as The Child Victims Act, approved back in in October 2019. Until 2022, the law allowed people who was sexually assaulted as a minor to file civil lawsuits although the statute of limitations had already expired.

 

The Child Victims Act inspired the Adult Survivors Act, the law that allowed E. Jean Carroll to sue Donald J. Trump in New York courts back in 2023.

https://www.losangelespress.org/english-edition/a-new-wave-of-bankruptcies-shakes-the-catholic-church-in-california-20240623-8804.html

Anonymous ID: 9b6aa8 June 25, 2024, 2:48 p.m. No.21085901   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6064 >>6362 >>6448 >>6510

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National Catholic Reporter

Possible 'showdown' ahead as NY diocese moves to scrap bankruptcy in impasse with abuse claimants

St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y., is seen Jan. 1, 2024. A judge may decide to dismiss the bankruptcy case of the Diocese of Rockville Centre,…

https://www.ncronline.org/news/possible-showdown-ahead-ny-diocese-moves-scrap-bankruptcy-impasse-abuse-claimants

 

Newsday

Rockville Centre Diocese at crossroads in bankruptcy case linked to abuse survivors' lawsuits

The Diocese of Rockville Centre may be on the verge of making history as the first Catholic diocese in the nation to have its bankruptcy case dismissed amid…

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/religion/diocese-of-rockville-centre-bankruptcy-priest-abuse-nfsn39l5

 

New York Post

Clergy sex abuse cases could bankrupt Archdiocese of NY: attorney

The Archdiocese of New York may be forced into bankruptcy if its main insurer is allowed to dodge responsibility in thousands of child sexual abuse…

https://nypost.com/2024/04/27/us-news/clergy-sex-abuse-cases-could-bankrupt-archdiocese-of-ny/

 

KSBW

Diocese of Monterey contemplates bankruptcy after new wave of sexual abuse lawsuits

The bishop of the Diocese of Monterey said that they are contemplating filing for bankruptcy after being named as defendants in around 100 new lawsuits…

https://www.ksbw.com/article/diocese-monterey-bankruptcy-after-sexual-abuse-lawsuits-california/60622635

 

Baltimore Sun

Tensions with insurers mount in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case

Baltimore's arm of the Catholic Church, America's oldest archdiocese, has sued its insurers for alleged breach of contract in one legal battle.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/26/archdiocese-bankruptcy-insurer-tension/

 

Rochester Beacon

New hope for abuse survivors - Rochester BeaconRochester Beacon

As the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester's bankruptcy nears its fifth year and continues to rack up costs that now top $13 million, a break signaling the…

https://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/04/25/new-hope-for-abuse-survivors/

 

NOLA.com

Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy among the costliest in U.S., documents say

https://www.newsbreak.com/new-orleans-la/3413826858271-archdiocese-of-new-orleans-bankruptcy-among-the-costliest-in-u-s-documents-say

 

WSJ

New Jersey Bankruptcy Judge Allows Diocese Sex-Abuse Plan to Advance

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, N.J., received a green light in bankruptcy court on Tuesday for an $87 million plan to settle hundreds of sex-abuse…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-jersey-bankruptcy-judge-allows-diocese-sex-abuse-plan-to-advance-53ac2cde