The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo agreed to a provisional settlement of $150 million with more than 800 victims of sexual abuse, a lawyer for dozens of the accusers said on Tuesday, bringing ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Catholic churches and schools across Central New York will have to make hard decisions about how to pay the bill for decades of sexual abuse and coverups at the hands of priests.

The American Catholic Church’s main area of growth in worshipers is from immigrants and ethnic communities, yet some of the churches closed by dioceses — including some of the Columbus diocese ...