Two federal judges ordered this month that 100 of the 224 cases in the Eastern District of New York be remanded from the Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy proceedings back to the state courts, having shown little progress toward a solution in the past three years.
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By Daniel Offner
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8/27/23
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The Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre filed a motion Nov. 12 to challenge the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) in Nassau County Supreme Court.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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11/21/19
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As the New York Child Victims Act’s (CVA) one-year provision went into effect on Aug. 14, survivors of childhood sexual abuse took advantage of the opportunity to seek justice and hold their abusers accountable. The claims brought the Diocese of Rockville Centre into the spotlight again as a number of lawsuits filed on the first day named the religious institution as a defendant.
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By Jill Nossa
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8/22/19
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When I see stories of sexual abuse by clergy members, I’m often angry with many people. Mostly, I’m angry with those who allowed the abuse to go on uninterrupted for years . . .
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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4/11/19
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More and more survivors of sexual abuse are sharing their horror stories, often decades after they were molested or raped, or both. In the past, their stories were . . .
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10/25/18
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When Sean O’Brien watched his niece get married at St. Agnes Cathedral on Sept. 8, he wasn’t just attending a wedding. For the first time in years, he returned to the place where he says a priest sexually abused him more than 35 years ago.
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By Ben Strack
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10/11/18
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The New York Attorney General’s office has issued subpoenas to the eight dioceses in the state as it launches an investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and the cover-up of such crimes.
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By Ben Strack
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9/13/18
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Bishop John O. Barres, who leads the Diocese of Rockville Centre, was named in a grand jury report released Tuesday that details more than 300 priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses that have been …
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By Ben Strack
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8/15/18
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Months after the deadline to submit clergy sexual abuse cases, administrators of the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation program continue sifting through a range of cases.
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By Ben Strack
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8/9/18
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Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/15
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