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Massena, New York Clergy Abuse Bankruptcy Claims: The Ogdensburg Diocese Chapter 11 Process, Child Victims Act Rights, and What Your Claim Is Worth If you are reading this at 2 a.m. — carrying something you have carried for years, maybe decades — here is what we want you to know before anything else. It is not your fault. It is not too late. And you do not have to do this by yourself. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg — the institution that oversaw Trinity Catholic School in Massena and every parish and Catholic school across New York’s North Country — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because 138 people came forward and filed lawsuits saying they were sexually abused by clergy and staff within the diocese’s care. One of those survivors, who says the abuse began when he was six years old, now chairs the court-appointed committee that represents all 138 claimants in the bankruptcy process. He stood in a federal courtroom in Albany and told a judge what happened to him — so that the court would understand what the trust fund needs to be large enough to cover. That is what this page is for. We are Attorney911…