07
June
LAW FIRM MOVES AGAINST DIOCESE (Files suit alleging secret settlement in abuse claims)
Resnikoff and Viscio, a Garden City law firm, has filed a racketeering lawsuit against the Diocese of Rockville Centre claiming that its legal counsel, Msgr. Alan Placa, conspired with two of the firm’s clients to secretly settle sexual abuse claims against the diocese, depriving the firm of $100,000 in legal fees. The firm filed suit Tuesday in State Supreme Court in Mineola, claiming that the diocese recently reached settlements of $150,000 each with two women the firm said it had represented in earlier litigation. Four years ago Judith Cajigas of