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Two of the five Roman Catholic bishops on the committee developing the church’s national response to the sex abuse crisis are accused in lawsuits of helping protect priests who molested children.  Manchester Bishop John B. McCormack is one of the church leaders who is named as a defendant.  He is the chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sex Abuse of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  He is accused in Massachusetts lawsuits of knowing that priests were abusing boys and failing to intervene, and of playing a role

John Salveson received and e-mail from a friend he hadn’t heard from in 20 years last summer.  He recalled The message was something like, ‘I remember what happened to you in Oyster Bay and thought you’d want to know this.’  Included in the e-mail was a link to the Marist School in Atlanta, where Salveson soon discovered Robert Huneke was working as a guidance counselor with high school students.  Salveson, who is now 46, wrote a letter to the Marist School saying that Huneke, a former priest who worked on

The Rev. Roman Ferraro, a 67 year old Roman Catholic priest, is charged with raping a young boy in Massachusetts more than two decades ago.  He was arrested Monday in New York.  He is charged with raping and sexually assaulting a boy at a residence in Billerica between 1973 and 1980.

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Ronald Stores, a convicted rapist, was placed in temporary housing in Centereach in February by Suffolk County.  Police were required to go door-to-door to tell neighbors that a sex offender was in their area but police and angry neighbors could do nothing about where the county had found him housing, across the street from North Coleman Road Elementary School.  Legislator Joseph Caracappa (R-Selden) announced yesterday a resolution designed to prevent the scene in Centereach from repeating itself.  It would prevent the county from providing housing to sex offenders within 1,000

Brooklyn Bishop Thomas Daily agreed yesterday to give prosecutors the names of some 35 priests accused of molesting kids since 1982.  I am doing so as it represents the best way to cooperate with the spirit of the law, Daily said.  As in the past, we will cooperate with them in any investigations they may wish to pursue.  Our primary concern is for the welfare and safety of children.  He will also report future child sex-abuse claims against priests to prosecutors without delay or review, according to Brooklyn District Attorney

Ronald Stores, a convicted rapist, was placed in temporary housing in Centereach in February by Suffolk County.  Police were required to go door-to-door to tell neighbors that a sex offender was in their area but police and angry neighbors could do nothing about where the county had found him housing, across the street from North Coleman Road Elementary School.  Legislator Joseph Caracappa (R-Selden) announced yesterday a resolution designed to prevent the scene in Centereach from repeating itself.  It would prevent the county from providing housing to sex offenders within 1,000