The Diocese of Rockville Centre on Friday proposed a settlement of up to $200 million to be paid to hundreds of survivors of clergy sex abuse as it works toward emerging from bankruptcy. Attorneys for survivors denounced the proposal as too little and said the diocese was not being transparent about its finances in papers … Read more
Two women and a man have filed lawsuits that accuse the late Bishop John McGann of sexually abusing them when they were children, their lawyer said Wednesday. Each of the three lawsuits is seeking unspecified damages from the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the nation’s sixth-largest with 1.5 million members, and St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, … Read more
Advocates for clergy sex abuse victims protested Thursday outside St. Agnes Cathedral, demanding that the Diocese of Rockville Centre release a list of credibly accused clergy. The diocese said this week that it will not release such a list now but may do so in the future. “They are hiding something,” Janet Klinger of the advocacy group SNAP said … Read more