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Retired Brooklyn bishop protests settlements on disputed abuse claims against him
August 11, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the retired Bishop of Brooklyn, has protested large payments made to men who accused him of sexual abuse—in spite of a Vatican investigation that concluded the charges lacked “the semblance of truth.”
The Newark archdiocese—where Bishop DiMarzio had served as an auxiliary before his appointment to Brooklyn—paid six-figure sums to settle claims by two men who claimed he had molested them decades ago.
“I did not authorize these settlements because I did not abuse anyone,” Bishop DiMarzio said.
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