Sean Piccoli

Sean Piccoli

Sean Piccoli is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, covering courts, public safety and breaking news.

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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria, Louisiana in 2014. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikimedia Commons/Farragutful/CC BY-SA 3.0)

85 clergy sexual abuse claims push Alexandria, La., Diocese to file bankruptcy

The Oct. 31 filing came a day after hundreds of clergy abuse victims voted to approve a $230 million bankruptcy agreement with the larger Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian gestures during a college football game against Michigan State, in East Lansing, Mich. Nov. 19, 1966. Parseghian, who took over a foundering Notre Dame football program and restored it to glory with two national championships in 11 seasons, is the namesake of a rare diseases research program at Notre Dame. (AP/file)

Notre Dame lab at center named for legendary coach Ara Parseghian closed amid lawsuit

Katsuri Haldar, a rare diseases researcher and founding director of the Boler-Parseghian Center, claims race and age discrimination, and breach of contract. 

PJ D'Amico said he was a sixth grader the first time his priest sexually abused him. He said Fr. Alfred B. Soave, then-pastor at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Huntington Station, New York, abused him repeatedly through the eighth grade. D'Amico, 57, will receive compensation starting in 2025 from the Diocese of Rockville Centre. (Courtesy of PJ D'Amico)

Clergy abuse survivors react to New York diocese's bankruptcy settlement

After four years of bankruptcy proceedings, New York's Rockville Centre Diocese agreed to settle claims from people who said priests and others in the diocese sexually abused them. Survivors spoke to NCR about the settlement.

Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre, New York, delivers the homily during Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on June 29, 2020. A federal judge confirmed Dec. 4, 2024, a plan that resolves and ends the bankruptcy case for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, with a total settlement amount at just over $323 million for abuse claimants. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Long Island, New York, parishes forced to pay millions to settle sex abuse claims

The Rockville Centre Diocese's 136 parishes paid $53 million of the approximately $323 million payout to victims of sexual abuse by priests and adults. Every parish filed for bankruptcy and contributed, whether or not they were being sued.

Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish, greets parishioners outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Brooklyn, New York, Sept. 22. (Sean Piccoli)

Brooklyn priest swept into federal probe of NYC mayor asks for prayers

Local TV news reported that federal investigators subpoenaed Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish seeking details about possible dealings between its pastor and a one-time chief of staff of NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

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