October 09, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a New York bankruptcy judge to reject what it described as a bid by the Diocese of Buffalo to shield insurance carriers from third-party legal claims through a $177 million settlement, a deal underpinning the debtor's plan to compensate sexual abuse survivors by creating a roughly $327 million trust.
September 23, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has told a New York bankruptcy judge that it has reached a nearly $177 million settlement with its insurance carriers, raising the funds available for the sexual abuse settlement trust in its Chapter 11 plan to nearly $327 million.
August 31, 2026
A New York bankruptcy judge gave the Diocese of Buffalo permission to take its proposed Chapter 11 plan before creditors for a vote, after previously sending the debtor back to the drawing board over opt-outs in the plan.
May 08, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, has asked for a bankruptcy court's permission to accept a $4.6 million offer for its headquarters, after its stalking horse bidder was outbid.
March 06, 2026
A New York bankruptcy judge approved the bidding procedures for the sale of the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, which includes a $4.5 million stalking horse bid with a leaseback provision.
March 03, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo must redesign ballots for its Chapter 11 plan after a New York bankruptcy judge held opt-out boxes could not be used to tally creditor consent to third party releases.
February 05, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is making progress in settling roughly 900 claims of child sexual abuse, with the financial settlement approaching $315 million, counsel for the unsecured creditors committee in the diocese's Chapter 11 case announced Thursday.
January 09, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo on Friday told a New York bankruptcy judge that a U.S. Trustee's Office proposal that it be required to obtain affirmative consent for claims releases in its Chapter 11 plan would doom more than $200 million in settlements.
September 25, 2025
A New York bankruptcy judge agreed on Thursday to table a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, to hire Jones Day for help working out legal issues related to a nonprofit, as the debtor races to propose a Chapter 11 plan by Oct. 1 to support a $272.5 million settlement.
June 18, 2025
The Roman Catholic diocese in Buffalo, New York, was ordered to use only a share of proceeds from the sale of a seminary building for a settlement with sexual abuse survivors. Meanwhile, a charter school funding company asked a bankruptcy judge to approve its speedy Chapter 11 sale process. And bankrupt electric-vehicle maker Nikola Corp. requested more time to draft its liquidation plan.