Diocese of Rockville Centre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday

A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City's suburbs has become the largest in the US to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members. It is the eighth largest diocese or archdiocese in the US, serving more than 1.4 million Catholics on Long Island.

'The financial burden of the litigation has been severe and only compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic,' Bishop John Barres said in a video posted on the diocese's website.

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