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Diocese On Long Island Declares Bankruptcy After Sex Abuse Lawsuits Diocese On Long Island Declares Bankruptcy After Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Diocese On Long Island Declares Bankruptcy After Sex Abuse Lawsuits A Roman Catholic diocese on Long Island was forced to declare bankruptcy as it faces hundreds of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy members. The Diocese of Rockville Centre - one of the largest in the nation - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, Oct. 1 after more than 200 lawsuits were filed against them. “The financial burden of the litigation has been severe and only compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bishop John Barres, a leader at the diocese that serves 1.4 million Catholics on Long Island, said in a video posted online. “Our goal is to make su…

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Two Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuits Filed On Long Island Two Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuits Filed On Long Island
Two Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuits Filed On Long Island A new round of lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse decades ago has been filed in Nassau County, this time targeting the Boy Scouts of America. According to reports, one man alleges that he was abused from 1968 through 1972 when he was between 11 and 14 years old by a Scoutmaster at what is now the Theodore Roosevelt Council and Troop 258 at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in Bellerose. The second lawsuit alleges that a former Scout troop leader abused him from 1986 through 1989 when he was between 8 and 12 years old at a troop connected to Dutch Lane Elementary School in Hicksville. …

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