Special Topics in Religious Liberty Series #2: Sex-Abuse Litigation And Chapter 11 Issues for Religious Organizations

In the last year, many states had seen a new wave of lawsuits against religious organizations based on alleged sexual abuse from decades ago. New York’s Child Victims Act, which revived previously-time barred claims and at first opened a one-year window to bring them, has now extended that window by another year. Thousands of claims were already brought under that Act in New York state courts. Pennsylvania courts are similarly adjudicating issues relating to abuse claims against the religious organizations. These suits raise a variety of procedural and substantive, including constitutional, issues. They also raise the question of how religious organizations can benefit from Chapter 11 reorganization. As noted in the first part of this Teleforum series, these Supreme Court decisions may also impact certain issues in abuse litigation and in how religious organizations are treated under Chapter 11.

Please join the lawyers of Jones Day for a second part of the Teleforum call that will discuss significant developments in state court litigation involving religious organizations and will provide an update on recent reorganizations and bankruptcy filings.

Featuring:
-- Corinne Ball, Partner, Jones Day
-- Todd Geremia, Partner, Jones Day
-- John Goetz, Partner, Jones Day