Judge Denies Brooklyn Diocese Injunction Against NY COVID Restrictions
"Despite this loss," Bishop DiMarzio said, "we will continue to press our leaders for policies that consider the individual circumstances of houses of worship."
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Brooklyn Bishop Blasts New York COVID Measures: Religion is Not the Problem
Bishop DiMarzio said that the diocese worked with public health officials over the summer to implement safety measures in reopening churches.
Brooklyn Diocese Gets Court Date for Lawsuit Over NY COVID Restrictions
On Wednesday, Bishop DiMarzio said that “going to Church should absolutely be considered essential,” and that churches shouldn’t be “grouped with non-essential services like theaters and recreational facilities.”
Diocese of Brooklyn Sues New York Over New Mass Restrictions
Earlier this week, Gov. Cuomo capped indoor religious services in Brooklyn and Queens at 10 people in the areas deemed most seriously affected by the virus, and at 25 people in some other areas.
Bishop DiMarzio Welcomes Investigation, Points to Personal Record Fighting Abuse
56-year old Mark Matzek alleges that Bishop DiMarzio and another priest, now deceased, repeatedly abused him when he was an altar server at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in the Diocese of Newark in the 1970s.
Painful Parish Consolidations in New York
The archdiocese will merge nearly a third of its 368 parishes, but the traditionalist Church of the Holy Innocents will remain open.
