While serving as a Long Island bishop, his earlier tenure in Boston came under scrutiny during investigations of sex-abuse allegations involving pedophile priests. Bishop William F. Murphy, who led the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., home to more than 1.5 million Roman Catholics on Long Island, and who was earlier the No. 2 church official in Boston — a tenure that came under scrutiny as a searing scandal about clergy sex abuse unfolded — die…
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BishopAccountability.org - Documenting the Catholic Sexual Abuse and Financial Crisis - Data on bish broke the news1 month ago on Friday, April 3, 2026.