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A third-grade teacher at Maria Regina Catholic School claims he was fired from his job after the Diocese of Rockville Centre was made aware of photos on social media.

John Barres gets mixed reviews as he navigates bankruptcy and the sex abuse scandal and expands outreach to LI's Latino communities.

Connecticut diocese files for bankruptcy amid abuse claims by Susan Haigh, The Associated Press Posted Jul 15, 2021 6:12 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 15, 2021 at 6:27 pm EDT NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut filed for federal bankruptcy protection on Thursday to resolve dozens of lawsuits alleging the abuse of teenage students in the 1990s at the former Academy at Mount Saint John School, a residential treatment center for troubled youth in Deep River. Documents filed by the Diocese of Norwich, which oversaw the residential facility, indicate it has $50 million to $10...

Denver Newsroom, Nov 10, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- An undercover KGB agent tried to befriend ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick in the early 1980s, prompting the FBI to ask the rising churchman to exploit this connection to counter Soviet intelligence, according to claims in the Vatican’s report on McCarrick released Tuesday. The Nov. 10 McCarrick Report offers detail on McCarrick’s church career and the sexual abuse his successful personality helped to conceal. “In the early 1980s, a KGB agent who enjoyed diplomatic cover as the Deputy Chief of Mission to the United Nations for the Soviet Un...