Long Island Diocese Moves to End Bankruptcy After Plan Rejection

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York asked a bankruptcy court to dismiss its Chapter 11 case after sex abuse claimants rejected its $200 million reorganization plan.

The Long Island diocese has faced several challenges to its reorganization efforts from people who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy members. The diocese, which filed for bankruptcy in October 2020 with the goal of resolving the abuse claims, said the case “has run its course, and it should now be dismissed” in an April 12 filing with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New ...