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.

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.

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.