Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:46:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican clears Brooklyn bishop of child abuse charges from 1970s https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/09/06/vatican-clears-brooklyn-bishop-of-child-abuse-charges-from-1970s/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:53:04 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=140117 The Archdiocese of New York said that an investigation authorized by the Vatican had cleared Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, of allegations made against him by two men who said they were abused as children. The accusations, which date to the bishop's time as a young priest in Read more

Vatican clears Brooklyn bishop of child abuse charges from 1970s... Read more]]> The Archdiocese of New York said that an investigation authorized by the Vatican had cleared Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, of allegations made against him by two men who said they were abused as children.

The accusations, which date to the bishop's time as a young priest in Jersey City in the 1970s, were found by the Vatican's powerful doctrinal office "not to have the semblance of truth," the archdiocese said in a statement.

The findings likely mean Bishop DiMarzio, who has led the Brooklyn diocese since 2003, will face no disciplinary action from church officials, regardless of what happens with two civil lawsuits based on the allegations that continue to wind their way through the courts in New Jersey.

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Vatican clears Brooklyn bishop of child abuse charges from 1970s]]> 140117 Bishop heading fact-finding mission in Buffalo diocese https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/10/07/brooklyn-bishop-buffalo-diocese-sex-abuse/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:51:51 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=121848 Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has been appointed by the Vatican to conduct an investigation of the troubled Buffalo diocese in New York, where Bishop Richard Malone faces accusations of covering up sexual abuse by priests. The announcement was made late October 3 by the Brooklyn Diocese, following a request from the papal embassy in Read more

Bishop heading fact-finding mission in Buffalo diocese... Read more]]> Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has been appointed by the Vatican to conduct an investigation of the troubled Buffalo diocese in New York, where Bishop Richard Malone faces accusations of covering up sexual abuse by priests.

The announcement was made late October 3 by the Brooklyn Diocese, following a request from the papal embassy in the U.S.

A communique from the embassy stated that Bishop DiMarzio would conduct an apostolic visitation, which it described as "a non-judicial and non-administrative process that requires confidentiality." Read more

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