After New York passed the Child Victims Act in 2019, numerous men sued the Diocese of Rockville Centre — which covers all Catholic churches on Long Island and is the eighth-largest diocese in ...

The diocese now vigorously screens candidates for the priesthood and immediately removes any clergy member credibly accused ...

Rockville Centre became the first diocese in New York with a confirmed reorganization plan, providing a potential blueprint for dioceses in Buffalo, Rochester, Ogdensburg and Albany.

Some Roman Catholic parishes on New York's Long Island were compelled to pay more ... were swept into the bankruptcy proceedings of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Parishes were tapped to help ...

Anthony Ianella alleges that he was about 10 years-old when the Rev. George Stark started sexually molesting him in the ...

Editor's note: The Catholic Church has ... Lincoln and 135 other parishes on New York's Long Island. After four years of federal bankruptcy proceedings, the Diocese of Rockville Centre agreed ...

Special events and retreats mark the church’s liturgical seasons, and the Feast of St. Agnes, patroness of the Diocese ... develop new talents. Catholic elementary schools on Long Island are ...

Tollner said he couldn’t discuss the committee’s deliberations, but he believes one of the lynchpins to the Long Island diocese ... became the first diocese in New York with a confirmed ...