This piece was originally published for The Osprey on October 24, 2018. After a sexual abuse lawsuit was filed on Oct. 16 against the Rockville Centre diocese and Patchogue’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and a Gallup survey indicated that only 39 percent of practicing Catholics now attend weekly church services, Long Island churches claim thatContinue reading “Long Island Catholic churches claim attendance remains strong despite sexual abuse allegations”
