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Diocese nears deal with victims of sex abuse By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The Diocese of Rockville Centre and the survivors of more than 600 child sexual abuse allegations filed by a Committee of Unsecured Creditors have reached a tentative agreement, potentially laying the foundation for a settlement, after nearly four years of legal wrangling. While neither side has yet to disclose the agreement’s details, their representatives have indicated that the only remaining holdout is a final offer from Interstate Fire and C a s u a l t y, o n e o f t h e insurance companies that would be involved in any payout to the survivors. James Stang, one of the lead attorneys representing the survivors, said he was “extremely pleased and flabbergasted” that a plan is close to completion. “We have an ag reement with the church side on the amount of money that will be contributed … and who will be released in exchange for those contributions,” Stang told the Herald. He attributed the suc-
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Flour Shoppe Bakery, at 486 Sunrise Highway, with a threestory, 42,000-square-foot medical The planned development of facility, which would include a a United Healthcare medical tiered parking structure with facility and parking garage 291 on-site parking spaces. Zoning Board Chairman Robalong Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre has moved one step ert Schenone said that prior to this application, Nuvo Developcloser to reality. ment, an Orlando, The Village of Florida-based real Rockville Centre estate development Board of Zoning firm, had presented Appeals voted, 3-2, plans in August to approve a vari2022 to construct a ance allowing a storage facility at zero-foot setback on the site. But after the property, as long concer ns were a s n o p a rk i n g aired about the storwould be permitted a g e f acility, the on Sunrise Highboard was conway within 70 feet vinced and that of Montauk Aveap p l i c at i o n w a s nue, heading west. abandoned. A s u b s t a n t i a l JAck MATThEWS “Now we have a occupancy permit Counsel for the Board medical building,” was also approved of Zoning Appeals Schenone said. on condition that “People don’t want the building’s use is it. So what else can limited to the 14 specified medical practices list- go there — a hotel, a restaurant, ed by the applicant, thus bar- a Burger King, a strip mall? Do ring the facility from potentially you think any one of these, everybody’s going to jump for being used for drug treatment. The project, based on the joy for?” The village zoning board amended site design, seeks to replace the existing retail space reviews applications that probetween Leonardo’s Furniture, pose to utilize property in a at 500 Sunrise Highway, and the Continued on page 14
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Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray delivers the opening remarks of the 23rd annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony on Sunday evening.
Community reflects on 9/11 Looking back, 23 years later By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The Village of Rockville Centre held its 23rd annual remembrance ceremony last Sunday on the village green, honoring the 49 men and women in the community who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and all those who have died since then from the effects of their efforts at ground zero. “Tonight, we gather to renew
our commitment to remembering our friends, neighbors, and family members we lost on 9/11 and those who have succumbed from related injuries since that horrific day in American history 22 years ago, their names etched on the sacred memorial behind me,” Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray said. “Our memorial serves as a powerful symbol for me, and a place for personal dedication, to keep Continued on page 16
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