Citing Purdue ruling, bankruptcy judge permits victims to sue Buffalo parishes, schools
October 08, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Four months after the Supreme Court’s Purdue ruling (AP coverage) altered bankruptcy proceedings, the judge in the Diocese of Buffalo cited the decision in allowing abuse victims to sue individual parishes and schools.
The CEO of Ave Maria School of Law discussed how the Purdue ruling could reshape Catholic diocesan bankruptcy cases and might even lead dioceses to opt for liquidation of assets rather than seek reorganization. Now, a bankruptcy judge said that the Purdue ruling has led him to lift his four-year stay on lawsuits against Buffalo’s Catholic parishes and schools.
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