Century Indemnity Company v. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY, Case No. 25-cv-08563-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 3, 11, 12, 17 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP

OF SAN FRANCISCO,

11 Defendant.

13 Like many other dioceses in the Roman Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Archbishop 14 of San Francisco (the “RCASF”) has faced numerous lawsuits filed by survivors of child sexual 15 abuse. In 2023, over 500 of those cases were consolidated into a single judicial proceeding in 16 California state court, the costs of which ultimately led the RCASF to file for Chapter 11 17 bankruptcy. All ongoing state court cases against the RCASF and its affiliates were stayed as the 18 bankruptcy case proceeded. 19 In August 2025, the non-insurer parties to the bankruptcy case filed a stipulation seeking, 20 among other things, to allow the survivors to file individual demand letters against the RCASF’s 21 insurers. They argued that this was the only way the survivors—many with cases involving sexual 22 abuse that occurred decades ago—could…