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Litigation updates

What changed, and when

Not commentary, but a dated log of movements in the cases we track. Docket counts, verdicts, settlements, appellate rulings and state enforcement actions, each linked to the case page it affects.

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These are the developments that changed something material: a case’s posture, a claimant’s options, or a deadline. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and are not restated retroactively; where a number later changed, the newer entry says so.

On September 30, 2026, two years after it filed, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Vermont to dismiss its own Chapter 11 case, saying the survivors' committee had declined its final settlement proposal. The court will hear the motion on December 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Written responses are due by 4:00 p.m. on December 3.

Catholic DiocesesSexual abuse in private and religious schools

How this log is maintained

Entries are drawn from court dockets, settlement administrator notices, bankruptcy filings, and state attorney general announcements. Figures carry the date they were reported. Civil allegations are allegations unless a court has found otherwise, and companies’ denials are stated where their conduct is described. See our editorial process.

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