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On March 15, 2023, Scharfenberger announced that the diocese of Albany had filed for bankruptcy. At the time, the diocese faced hundreds of legal claims from persons alleging that they had been victims of child sexual abuse. [13] Later in 2023, Scharfenberger submitted his mandatory resignation letter to the Vatican upon the occasion of his ...
The Diocese of Albany (Latin: Diœcesis Albanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in eastern New York in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. The Diocese of Albany is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of New York. As of 2024, the bishop of Albany is Edward Scharfenberger.
On September 12, 2019, sex abuse lawsuits forced the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. [56] [57] The Diocese is the first Catholic diocese in the state of New York to file for bankruptcy and also the 20th Catholic diocese in the U.S. states to do so as well. [57]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be ...
A Roman Catholic diocese in Long Island, New York announced a new bankruptcy settlement on Thursday that would pay more than $323 million to about 530 sex abuse survivors who alleged they were ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 100 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. The diocese, like ...
With Malone gone, the pope named Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger from the Diocese of Albany as apostolic administrator to manage the diocese. [64] [65] In February 2020, the Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy as a result of the numerous sexual abuse lawsuits. [66]
New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled that employers' health insurance plans have to cover medically necessary abortions, rejecting a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany claiming ...