Case number: 1:20-bk-21257 - The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey - New Jersey Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey

  • Court

    New Jersey (njbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Jerrold N. Poslusny Jr.

  • Filed

    10/01/2020

  • Last Filing

    03/31/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
APPEAL, FeeDueMOTION, ADVERSARY, Complex, CLMAGT, CONFIRMED



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey (Camden)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 20-21257-JNP

Assigned to: Judge Jerrold N. Poslusny Jr.
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  10/01/2020
Plan confirmed:  03/15/2024
341 meeting:  11/13/2020

Debtor

The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey

631 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102
CAMDEN-NJ
Tax ID / EIN: 21-0634498

represented by
Cole Schotz P.C.

25 Main Street
Court Paza North
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-489-3000
Fax : 201-489-1536

Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim

1125 Atlantic Avenue
3rd Floor
Atlantic City, NJ 08404-1125
(609)344-3161

Sydney J. Darling

Crum & Forster
305 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
973-561-0468
Email: sydney.darling@cfins.com

Duane Morris LLP

30 S. 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Robert S. Roglieri

Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian P.C.
290 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Suite 2370
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-533-1000
Fax : 973-533-1111
Email: rroglieri@trenkisabel.law

Anthony Sodono, III

McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
75 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-622-1800
Fax : 973-681-7233
Email: asodono@msbnj.com

Richard D. Trenk

Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian P.C.
290 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Suite 2370
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-533-1000
Fax : 973-533-1111
Email: rtrenk@trenkisabel.law

Trenk Isabel, PC

290 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave
Suite 2350
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-533-

Warren A. Usatine

Cole Schotz P.C.
25 Main Street
PO Box 800
Hackensack, NJ 07602-0800
(201) 489-3000
Email: wusatine@coleschotz.com

U.S. Trustee

U.S. Trustee

US Dept of Justice
Office of the US Trustee
One Newark Center Ste 2100
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 645-3014

represented by
Lauren Bielskie

DOJ-Ust
One Newark Center
Suite 2100
Newark, NJ 07102
973-645-2939
Email: lauren.bielskie@usdoj.gov

Jeffrey M. Sponder

Office of U.S. Trustee
One Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-645-2379
Email: jeffrey.m.sponder@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Tort Claimant Creditors


represented by
Lynda A. Bennett

Lowenstein Sandler
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
Email: lbennett@lowenstein.com

Jessica Caterina

Schlam, Stone & Dolan
26 Broadway
19th Floor
New York, NY 10004

Rasmeet Kaur Chahil

Lowenstein Sandler
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-422-6720
Email: rchahil@lowenstein.com

Michael A. Kaplan

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2302
Fax : 973-597-2303
Email: mkaplan@lowenstein.com

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
Fax : 973-597-2400

Jeffrey D. Prol

Lowenstein Sandler
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
Fax : 973-597-2400
Email: jprol@lowenstein.com

Colleen Restel

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-6310
Email: crestel@lowenstein.com

Kenneth A. Rosen

Ken Rosen Advisors PC
80 Central Park W #3b
New York, NY 10023
973-493-4955
Email: ken@kenrosenadvisors.com

Brent Weisenberg

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
Fax : 973-597-2400
Email: bweisenberg@lowenstein.com

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Trade Creditors

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
100 Southgate Parkway
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Morristown, NJ 07962

represented by
Katharina Earle

Gibbons PC
300 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19801-1671

Gibbons PC

One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-5400

John S. Mairo

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
100 Southgate Parkway
Morristown, NJ 07962-1997
973-538-4006
Fax : 973-538-5146
Email: jmairo@gibbonslaw.com

John S. Mairo

Gibbons, PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-4500

Warren J. Martin, Jr.

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
100 Southgate Parkway
Morristown, NJ 07962-1997
(973) 889-4006
Fax : (973) 538-5146
Email: wjmartin@pbnlaw.com

Rachel A. Parisi

Porzio Bromberg & Newman
100 Southgate Parkway
Morristown, NJ 07962-1997
973-538-4006
Fax : 973-538-5146
Email: raparisi@pbnlaw.com

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.

100 Southgate Parkway
PO Box 1997
Morristown, NJ 07962

Creditor Committee

Certain Abuse Survivor Claimants


represented by
Jeffrey Robert Anderson

Jeff Anderson & Associates
366 Jackson Street
Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-227-9990
Fax : 651-297-6543
Email: jeff@andersonadvocates.com

John Baldante

Baldante & Rubenstein, P.C.
89 North Haddon Avenue
Suite D
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
856-424-8967
Fax : 856-795-9806
Email: baldante@BRattorneys.com

Connor Dalton

Cool Spring Meeting House
1106 West 10th Street
Wilmington, DE 19806

Rita Gribko

Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC
4 Reservoir Circle
Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-653-3200
Email: rgribko@jjsjustice.com

Brenda Harkavy

Raynes & Lawn
1845 Walnut Street
20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-568-6190
Email: bharkavy@laffeybucci.com

David Inscho

Kline & Specter, PC
1525 Locust Street
19th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

(See above for address)

Peter W. Smith

DARCY JOHNSON DAY, P.C.
3120 Fire Road, Suite 100
Egg Harbor Township,, NJ 08234
609-641-6200
Email: PSmith@djdlawyers.com

Peter William Smith

Peter W. Smith Law LLC
1501 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-799-1470
Fax : 212-202-5373
Email: pwsmith@pwsmithlaw.com

Pedro (Peter) de la Cerda

FReese & Goss, PLLC
3500 Maple Avenue
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75219

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Trade Creditors of The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey
represented by
Katharina Earle

(See above for address)

John S. Mairo

(See above for address)

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
03/31/2025Hearing Rescheduled from 4/15/2025 TO 4/17/2025 AT 11:00AM. (related document:[3969] Motion re: (i) Compelling Mediation; (ii) Compelling Filing of Budgets; and (iii) Requesting Status Conference Filed by Richard D. Trenk on behalf of The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey. (Trenk, Richard)Modified on 3/31/2025 PER JUDGE POSLUSNY THIS MATTER IS BEING RESCHEDULED TO 4/17/2025 AT 11:00AM VIA ZOOM. PLEASE SEE JUDGE POSLUSNY'S ZOOM LINK https://www.njb.uscourts.gov/content/honorable-jerrold-n-poslusny-jr filed by Debtor The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey) Hearing scheduled for 4/17/2025 at 11:00 AM, Zoom-Judge Poslusny: join.zoom.us Meeting ID 160 044 7672, Passcode 602555, or call 1-646-828-7666.. (kvr)
03/27/20253971Monthly Fee Statement. For the Month of February, 2025. Objection Date is 4/10/2025. Filed by Jeffrey D. Prol on behalf of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service) (Prol, Jeffrey)
03/26/20253970Document re: Joinder (related document:[3969] Motion (Generic) filed by Debtor The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey) filed by Arthur Abramowitz on behalf of Archbishop Damiano School, Camden Catholic High School, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Christ Our Light, Christ the Good Shepherd, Christ the King, Christ the Redeemer, Church of the Holy Family, Divine Mercy, Holy Angels, Holy Child, Holy Eucharist, Holy Spirit High School, Holy Trinity Parish, Incarnation, Infant Jesus, Most Precious Blood, Notre Dame De La Mer, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Hope, Our Lady of Peace, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of the Angels, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady of the Lakes, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Parish of All Saints, Pope Paul VI High School, Sacred Heart Parish, Saint Joseph High School, Hammonton, N.J., Inc., St Joseph's Catholic Church, St Peter Roman Catholic Churc, St. Andrew of the Apostle, St. Brendan the Navigator, St. Bridget, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Damien, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Gabriel the Archangel, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, St. Joachim, St. John Neumann, St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph the Worker, St. Josephs Child Development Center, St. Katherine Drexel, St. Mary of Mt. Carmel, St. Mary's Church, St. Mary's R.C. Church, St. Maximilian, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Monica, St. Padre Pio, St. Rose of Lima, St. Simon Stock, St. Stephen, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Thomas More, St. Vincent DePaul, Sts. Peter & Paul, The Bishop James T. McHugh, The Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit, The Parish Of The Holy Cross. (Abramowitz, Arthur)
03/25/20253969Motion re: (i) Compelling Mediation; (ii) Compelling Filing of Budgets; and (iii) Requesting Status Conference Filed by Richard D. Trenk on behalf of The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey. Hearing scheduled for 4/15/2025 at 10:00 AM, JNP - Courtroom 4C, Camden.. (Attachments: # (1) Brief # (2) Proposed Order) (Trenk, Richard)
03/25/20253968Notice of Appearance and Request for Service of Notice.. (Evanston, Timothy)
03/23/20253967BNC Certificate of Notice - Order No. of Notices: 3. Notice Date 03/23/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 03/24/2025)
03/21/2025Pro Hac Vice Payment has been made to the US District Court in the amount of $250.00. Receipt Number 51698. (related document:3963 Order on Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice). (rah) (Entered: 03/21/2025)
03/21/20253966Monthly Fee Statement. For the Month of December 2024 and January 2025. Objection Date is 04/04/2025. Filed by Jeffrey Thomas Testa on behalf of The Honorable Jose L. Linares. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - fees through December 31, 2024 # 2 Exhibit B fees January 31, 2025) (Testa, Jeffrey) (Entered: 03/21/2025)
03/21/20253965Order Granting Application To Allow Attorney Katharina Earle, Esq as Special Counsel to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Related Doc # 3962). Service of notice of the entry of this order pursuant to Rule 9022 was made on the appropriate parties. See BNC Certificate of Notice. This order has been mailed to the Treasurer of the New Jersey Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection via US mail. Signed on 3/21/2025. (cmf) (Entered: 03/21/2025)
03/16/20253964BNC Certificate of Notice - Order No. of Notices: 3. Notice Date 03/16/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 03/17/2025)