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Judge’s Ruling Provides a Brief, Temporary Window for Some Additional Claims to be Filed in Diocese’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Following the passage of a new law extending the time for certain victims of sexual abuse and assault to file lawsuits, United States Bankruptcy...
Next month marks the one-year anniversary of Syracuse Bishop Doug Lucia filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on behalf of the Diocese of Syracuse.. Days before the move, at least 38 people filed new sex abuse and cover up lawsuits under the New York Child Victims Act. Now, roughly a year later, some 400 individuals in the Syracuse area have sought…
During a hearing held on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Diocese of Syracuse’s bankruptcy case, Chief Judge Margaret Cangilos-Ruiz of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York ruled that sexual abuse survivors have until April 15, 2021, to file their sexual abuse claims against the Diocese of Syracuse. Contrary to what some might think, a bankruptcy filing does…
Father James C. Hayes Diocese of Syracuse Ordained: 1965 Removed: 2002 Assigned as follows: 1966 – 1967 St. Mary (Binghamton, NY) 1968 – 1969 Faculty House (Binghamton, NY) 1970 – 1972 Unknown 1973 St. Louis (Oswego, NY) 1974 …
Earlier today, the Diocese of Syracuse in New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Citing the increasing cost of clergy sex abuse lawsuits and the budget challenges of the coronavirus shutdown of church services, the Diocese of Syracuse joined an increasing number of dioceses seeking financial protection under Chapter 11, including the neighboring dioceses in Rochester and Buffalo. Bishop Douglas…
