Judge eyes mounting legal fees in Rockville Centre diocese bankruptcy case
July 17, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: A federal judge has questioned the protracted negotiations and mounting legal fees involved in bankruptcy proceedings for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.
Judge Martin Glenn said that after three years of talks between diocesan officials and sex-abuse victims, and $70 million in legal costs, he might consider stepping in to halt the negotiations, hinting that the diocese was stalling. “The survivors deserve an opportunity to be heard by a jury of their peers,” he said.
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