Bankrupt Long Island Diocese Sent to Mediation for Abuse Claims

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York will begin mediation with sex abuse claimants after a judge put off a ruling on the diocese’s request to end its own bankruptcy.

The Long Island diocese, which has been in bankruptcy since 2020, moved to dismiss its Chapter 11 case in April after failing to drum up the support it needed for a proposed $200 million settlement of the abuse claims. Judge Martin Glenn of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York didn’t rule on the request during a hearing Wednesday, instead directing the diocese and ...