A Suffolk County priest stepped away from the ministry after the Diocese of Rockville Centre received a letter last week alleging that he had abused a minor.
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By Ben Strack
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10/4/18
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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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The leader of Long Island’s Catholics recently supported the need to “aggressively uproot this scourge and expression of a culture of death of clergy sexual abuse” following allegations that have reached the Vatican.
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By Ben Strack
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9/6/18
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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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Bishop John O. Barres ordained Msgr. Richard G. Henning as the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s newest auxiliary bishop during a mass at St. Agnes Cathedral on July 24.
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8/1/18
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Pope Francis has named Msgr. Richard Henning, the rector of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, to be an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/14/18
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Msgr. Richard G. Henning will become the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s next auxiliary bishop, diocese officials announced last week, after Pope Francis appointed the village native on June 8.
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By Ben Strack
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6/14/18
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Truly the Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!
On Easter, we speak these words, which echo back to the first days of Christ’s resurrection. After walking with Christ on the road to Calvary, we now joyfully go forth as the disciples did on the road to Emmaus with hearts burning within us. We celebrate the moment when Christ conquered death and gave us all hope of new life.
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By Bishop John O. Barres
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3/29/18
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An alleged sex abuse victim who filed a claim in the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program last year was recently granted a settlement of $500,000, according to the man’s lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian.
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By Ben Strack
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2/15/18
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