St. Joseph Pension Fund Failure: Cautionary Tale for Recovering Millions for Washington Bridge

St. Joseph Pension Fund Failure: Cautionary Tale for Recovering Millions for Washington Bridge

GoLocalProv Business Team

In August 2017, the pension fund for thousands of retirees and employees of St. Joseph Health Services was forced into receivership.

Now, just short of the seven-year anniversary, the pension fund’s future is still in question. While tens of millions of dollars were recovered, tens of millions more were not. 

As of today, the long-term financial viability of the pension fund is still in limbo.

38 Studios & St. Joseph Pension Lawsuits Show Washington Bridge May Take Years to Recover

38 Studios & St. Joseph Pension Lawsuits Show Washington Bridge May Take Years to Recover

GoLocalProv News Team

There have been two high-profile economic failures in Rhode Island in recent history. Here's how they show how the... Read More

EDITORIAL: Diocese Cheats and Wins on the St. Joseph Pension Fund, Now We All Pay

EDITORIAL: Diocese Cheats and Wins on the St. Joseph Pension Fund, Now We All Pay

EDITORIAL

For decades, the Diocese of Providence owned St. Joseph Health Services and was responsible for millions of dollars of... Read More

Despite $120M Gap, Diocese to Pay $2.5M in St. Joseph Pension Fund Settlement With Retirees

Despite $120M Gap, Diocese to Pay $2.5M in St. Joseph Pension Fund Settlement With Retirees

GoLocalProv News Team and Josh Fenton

In a statement announced on Wednesday afternoon, parties tied to the failure of the St. Joseph pension fund announced that... Read More

St. Joseph Pension Fund Reaches Settlement for $30M, Diocese of Providence Refused to Negotiate

St. Joseph Pension Fund Reaches Settlement for $30M, Diocese of Providence Refused to Negotiate

GoLocalProv News Team

St. Joseph’s failed pension fund has reached an agreement with a number of litigants including the hospital's former... Read More

UPDATE on Important Stories: Failed St. Joseph Pension Fund Takes a Hit

UPDATE on Important Stories: Failed St. Joseph Pension Fund Takes a Hit

GoLocalProv News Team

The saga of the failed St. Joseph pension fund continues in state and federal courts, but the biggest threat to the... Read More

UPDATED: Court Approves $11.5M & 15% Ownership of CharterCare to St. Joseph Pension Fund Retirees

UPDATED: Court Approves $11.5M & 15% Ownership of CharterCare to St. Joseph Pension Fund Retirees

GoLocalProv News Team

After more than two years, the retirees of the St. Joseph Health Services pension fund hve received an award approved by... Read More

St. Joseph Pension Fund Collapse -- A Week of Inaction, Action, and Reaction

St. Joseph Pension Fund Collapse -- A Week of Inaction, Action, and Reaction

GoLocalProv News Team

It has been a week of action, inaction, and reaction in the St. Joseph pension fund collapse. The state’s largest pension... Read More

As St. Joseph Pension Fund Legal Cases Drag On, 58 Retirees Have Died and Fund is Depleting

As St. Joseph Pension Fund Legal Cases Drag On, 58 Retirees Have Died and Fund is Depleting

GoLocalProv News Team

It has been 20 months since the St. Joseph Health Services pension fund collapsed and was placed into receivership and... Read More

Ruggerio Introduces Bills to Bring More Transparency to St. Joseph Pension Plan

Ruggerio Introduces Bills to Bring More Transparency to St. Joseph Pension Plan

GoLocalProv News Team

Senate President Dominick Ruggerio introduced legislation that would bring further transparency to the St. Joseph’s... Read More

St. Joseph Pensioners: 18 Who Made a Difference in 2018

St. Joseph Pensioners: 18 Who Made a Difference in 2018

GoLocalProv News Team

In August 2017, the pension fund of St. Joseph Health Services was thrust into receivership. More than 16 months later,... Read More