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NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid clergy abuse lawsuits

| October 1, 2020 7:06 AM

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City's suburbs has become the largest in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members.

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