catholic priests abused at least 166 children over the decades,
The investigation carried out by Troyer relied on the voluntary participation of the state’s Catholic diocese, depending on the documents provided by them. ..…
yeshiva grads square off in rockland over need for state oversight
The New York State Catholic Conference has come out against the enforcement plans, to stay faithful to the original statute.. ..…
child victims act: thousands of ny sex abuse victims seeking justice
The state Catholic Conference had been a significant critic of the Child Victims Act for years before it passed earlier this year. . ..…
catholics emboldened to abolish the death penalty
Catholic Church leaders in Nebraska watched the state Legislature’s ban on capital punishment overturned in 2016 by a referendum campaign funded in part by the family fortune of the state’s Catholic governor, Pete Ricketts. . ..…
vaccines preserve 'moral health' of communities, say church experts
By the law is component of maintaining the health, The immunity provided, and we support this policy, said Dennis Poust, director of communications for New York State Catholic Conference... ..…
missouri's new law called 'giant step forward' for pro-life movement
The Missouri Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops, has noted the law also features many other pro-life provisions, including increased parental notification and informed consent provisions; a ban on abortions based on race, gender and Down syndrome..…
new york religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
New York State Catholic Conference, Council of Churches and the Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State, Muslim and Jewish organizations all endorse the bill.. ..…
arizona lifts rules about aids and hiv lessons - education
Religious and other private schools New York state won victory last week when state judge invalidated proposed guidelines for monitoring private schools... ..…
planned parenthood strong-armed california into making religious
At the time, Bishop Robert McElroy, chairman of the state Catholic Conference’s Institutional Concerns Committee, pointed out the state’s actions targeted religious institutions. ..…
rhode island bill to legalize abortions up to birth heads to state
Rhode Island Right to Life, state Catholic leaders and Republicans are urging pro-lifers to keep voicing their opposition to the legislation.. ..…
rhode island committee passes bill to legalize abortions up to birth,
The pro-life group, state Catholic leaders and Republicans are urging pro-lifers to keep voicing their opposition to the bill, according to Newport Journal. ..…
nessel reverses schuette's course on many issues but not msu sex abuse
More: What we know: Investigations into Michigan State, Catholic Church, Flint water . ..…
cardinal zen is a hero for china and the catholic church
He now finds at odds with both the government that controls China and Vatican bureaucracy that controls the foreign relations of Holy See.. ..…
child victims act: four things to know about important new law in new
The state Catholic Conference, knowing the bill was likely to pass this year, dropped its opposition last month after it got the Legislature to back language that makes sure public institutions can also be sued during the one-year look-back period. . ..…
after ny abortion law, man murders pregnant girlfriend, won't be
Dennis Poust, spokesman for New York State Catholic Conference, noted on Twitter that the case was reflection of the open season on pregnant women created by RHA... ..…
the long wait for legalized surrogacy may soon end in new york
“For us in the Catholic church, human life is sacred, and surrogacy treats human beings like commodities,” said Kathleen Gallagher, director of pro-life activities at the New York State Catholic Conference. ..…
child sex abuse called 'a serious and pervasive' issue in u.s. society
The state’s Catholic bishops agreed to support the bill after it was broadened to include not just the Catholic Church but public institutions. . ..…
a positive step
This year, New York State Catholic Conference announced its support for the bill. ... New York State Catholic Conference has would comply with state subpoena issued last fall for all documents related to the church's handling of sex abuse allegations. . ..…
state’s dioceses face day of reckoning with new york child victims
Dennis Poust, spokesman for New York State Catholic Conference, told Register the bishops were concerned in the past both about the impact of retroactive window for lawsuits on Church's educational, charitable and sacramental ministries and that public schools could shield themselves from..…
survey assesses views of bishops, diaconate directors on women deacons
“We were getting ready to send this out and it came at the same time as the Pennsylvania grand jury report came out in August,” he added, referring to a report on a monthslong investigation into alleged sex abuse of minors by priests and other church workers in six of the state’s..…
new york bishops decry passage & signing of abortion expansion
Following is statement of New York State Catholic Conference of Bishops on the passage and signing of Reproductive Health Act, published on Jan 22, 2018, on NYS Catholic Conference website. ... Here is the statement from the Catholic Bishops of New York State on Abortion Expansion,..…
ny catholic bishop questions gov. cuomo's faith over ‘death star’
Photo Facebook New York State Catholic Conference said in statement after Tuesday that it was in the state's history... ..…
new york passes extreme abortion legislation on the anniversary of roe
Kathleen Gallagher, director of pro-life activities for New York State Catholic Conference, warned Catholic Courier recently about the potential consequences of the bill's passage.. ..…
new york passes bill allowing abortions up to birth, for any reason
The New York State Catholic Conference said in a statement on Facebook that Democrat New York Gov. ..…
ny democrats pass legislation to strengthen abortion rights
Wade,' the state's Catholic bishops said in a statement. . Republicans in the Senate tried to derail the bill and offered up proposals to create new legal penalties for harming a pregnant woman. ..…
hundreds filed lawsuits under child victims act in new york
Dennis Poust, director of communications for the New York State Catholic Conference, said “the fiscal impact on the Catholic Church and other organizations won’t become clear for weeks or months.” . ..…
child victims act: here's how it could let survivors seek justice in
The state Catholic Conference, which represents the state's Catholic dioceses, has also taken issue with the look-back period in the Democratic Legislature's bill. . ..…
hillary clinton/andrew cuomo bill to legalize abortions up to birth
New York State Catholic Conference, basically admitted defeat in comment to The Daily Star. ..…
u.s. catholic church marred by allegations of abuse, claims of
Amid church turmoil over Archbishop McCarrick, the church was dealt another blow in mid-August with the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report covering 70 years of abuse allegations in six of the state’s Catholic dioceses, starting in 1947. ..…
rochester priest sex abuse: time for truth, justice in catholic
The hang-up is the one-year window, which the New York State Catholic Conference — the voice of bishops in New York on public policy matters — contends creates two classes of victims by unfairly shielding public institutions from litigation. . ..…
in election’s wake, catholic-friendly laws under threat in states
“Catholics should definitely be involved with our state affiliate or their state Catholic conferences and figure out what legislation is moving,” Duran said. ..…
new mexico political ad didn’t come from us, catholic bishops say
.- A political group was wrong to use a letter from the New Mexico bishops for a newspaper ad backing a gubernatorial candidate in the upcoming election, the state’s Catholic bishops have said. . ..…
d.c. attorney general opens inquiry into sexual abuse by catholic
Cardinal Donald Wuerl resigned this month as Washington’s archbishop amid an uproar over a Pennsylvania grand jury report that depicted systemic abuse across the state’s Catholic Church, including in Pittsburgh, where Wuerl had been a bishop. . ..…
washington state's supreme court strikes down death penalty
The bishops have long been on record said statement issued by Washington State Catholic Conference, the policy arm of the bishops.. ..…
how a council of the laity can solve the catholic clergy's sexual
The investigation recovered over 2,000 documents from “secret archives” held by the state’s Catholic dioceses. ..…
'warrior of religious liberty' kavanaugh could shift church-state
Wolfgang cited as evidence of that “hostility” a failed attempt in 2009, to pass a bill that would have taken oversight of the state’s Catholic churches away from priests and bishops and handed that responsibility to a board of directors made up of lay parishioners. . ..…
clergy urge death penalty repeal
Rosazza, auxiliary bishop emeritus who was speaking on behalf of all of the state's Catholic bishops, recalled the questions he was asked when he testified in favor of the abolition bill at a hearing last month. . ..…
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