Former Westchester Priest Among Eight Accused Of Child Sex Abuse

A former priest in Westchester was among eight named by a prominent Boston attorney on Wednesday who allegedly sexually abused children decades ago. On the steps of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester on Wednesday, attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced the names of eight pastors - including Thomas J. Valenti, who served at St. John the Baptist Church in Yonkers for a decade before departing in 2014 - who are alleged to have sexually abused more than a dozen children while serving at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.

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Late Franciscan friar recalled as a – light shining in the darkness’

Franciscan Father Andrew Apostoli listens to a woman's confession outside St. Crispin Friary in the Bronx borough of New York June 13. Father Apostoli, who was host of the the Eternal Word Television Network's "Sunday Night Prime" and a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal community, died Dec. 13 at age 75, after a months-long battle with cancer. YONKERS, N.Y. - At his funeral Mass Dec. 20, Fr.

Muslim professor at Catholic school writes Holocaust book

On a recent Friday evening at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn and Manhattan College religion professor Mehnaz Afridi sat before worshipers at that evening's Shabbat service to discuss Afridi's new book, "Shoah Through Muslim Eyes." Afridi hopes the book will help create a bridge of conversation between the two faiths of Judaism and Islam as she interviews Holocaust survivors, uses Muslim-Arabs works, covers the reach of the Holocaust under the Vichy and Nazi governments, and discuss anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Yonkers Catholic Charities Gets Holiday Windfall

Christmas came early for Catholic Charities and The Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers with the delivery of nearly 1,000 toys and coats from Empire City Casino. The casino's 10th Annual Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive is intended to help ensure that New Yorkers in need have a warm coat this winter and a toy or two to put under the Christmas tree for their children.

CAIR-NY, Muslims to Announce Lawsuit Over Proposed Yonkers Mosque

On Wednesday, September 21, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations will join other Muslim organizations at a news conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the city of Yonkers, N.Y., alleging discriminatory use of landmark laws to hinder long-planned construction of a mosque. The Islamic Community Center for Mid-Westchester and its members, CAIR-NY, civil rights organizations, and interfaith partners will hold a press conference to announce the filing of a civil complaint and request for injunction against the City of Yonkers.