ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City’s suburbs has become the largest in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members. The …
Parents of children in the Roman Catholic Church and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy filed a lawsuit Monday against Pennsylvania’s eight dioceses and their bishops asking a judge to compel them to release information about abuse allegations. The lawsuit …
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass., has agreed to a $60 million settlement with its insurer for damage done to a parochial high school and other church property by a tornado two years ago. The resolution with insurer Catholic …
An arbitration panel has ruled that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield should get as much as $49 million from its insurance company to replace Cathedral High School, which sustained such severe damage during a 2011 tornado that it’s been …
Attorneys for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., want a new trial in a civil lawsuit won by two victims of clergy sex abuse. A jury last month awarded $700,000 to brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield in the …
The Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont says it could be put out of business, and constitutional protections of religious freedom could be violated by a priest-abuse lawsuit. The Burlington Free Press cites papers filed by the diocese in U.S. District …
An appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that there should be a new civil trial for a man who claims he was molested by a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno. The Fresno Bee reports that …