UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------X

MEMORANDUM & ORDER In Re: Child Victims Act Cases Removed From 23-CV-04782, 23-CV-04908, State Court 23-CV-05001, 23-CV-05002, 23-CV-05007, 23-CV-05051, 23-CV-05099, 23-CV-05270

--------------------------------------------------------------X DIANE GUJARATI, United States District Judge: Pending before the undersigned are the eight above-referenced cases, brought pursuant to the New York Child Victims Act and recently removed from state court. Substantially for the reasons set forth in In Re: Child Victims Act Cases Removed From State Court, No. 23-CV-04741,

(E.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2023) and In Re: Child Victims Act Cases Removed From State Court, No. 23-CV-05029,

(E.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2023), the Court finds that mandatory abstention applies, see

(c)(2), and that even if mandatory abstention did not apply, remand would be appropriate based on the doctrine of permissive abstention, see

(c)(1), and the doctrine of equitable remand, see

(b). See also In Re: Additional Child Victims Act Cases Removed From State Court, No. 23-CV-04580,

(E.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2023). Accordingly, each of the above-referenced cases is remanded to the state court from which it was removed, as specified below. The following cases are remanded to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County: • Vitoria v. Saint Catherine of Sienna Roman Catholic Church and Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-04782, Nassau County Index No. 900080/2021; • Harman v. Notre Dame Parish, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-04908, Nassau County Index No. 900136/2021; • ARK654 Doe v. St. Joseph’s, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-05007, Nassau County Index No. 900314/2021; • ARK494 Doe v. Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23- CV-05051, Nassau County Index No. 900131/2021; and • Leahey v. Parish of St. Joseph, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-05270, Nassau County Index No. 900390/2021. The following cases are remanded to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County: • Viola v. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-05001, Suffolk County Index No. 614405/2021; and • O’Hehir v. St. Joseph School, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CV-05002, Suffolk County Index No. 614404/2021. The following case is remanded to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County: • Ketzko v. St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church, et al., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23- CV-05099, Queens County Index No. 400094/2021. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send certified copies of this Order to the Clerks of the respective state courts and to close these cases. SO ORDERED. /s/ Diane Gujarati _ DIANE GUJARATI United States District Judge

Dated: August 22, 2023 Brooklyn, New York