Statement on Claim Objection Filing | Diocese of Buffalo

Statement on Claim Objection Filing

The Diocese of Buffalo has filed objections to 46 sexual abuse claims filed against its bankruptcy estate. These objected claims include those alleging abuse by Boys Scouts of America personnel or volunteers after 1975, which are barred by the confirmed Boys Scouts of America Chapter 11 plan, and those alleging loss of consortium claims by spouses of sexual abuse claimants. In filing these objections, the Diocese does not intend to diminish any acts of abuse which may have occurred against victims but rather is objecting to claims for which it does not have liability.

The group of objected claims also includes those filed by five abuse claimants who previously accepted a settlement offer under the Diocese’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, which paid nearly $18 million in settlement funds to abuse victims, and who released the Diocese from all claims in exchange for the payments made by the Diocese to them.