Officials of the Rochester City School District faced intensive questioning from the City Council last night as School Superintendent Terry Dade tried to explain how the district overspent by some $30 million. Council’s finance committee called the meeting over concerns about how the city’s $119 million annual contribution to city schools is being spent. Council […]
Over a five-hour session on Thursday, Roman Catholic Bishop Salvatore Matano responded to questions from survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their attorneys, in a process meant to lead to a settlement in the bankruptcy case filed by the Diocese of Rochester. It was a frequently emotional meeting as the bishop apologized to survivors, and […]
A lawsuit filed this week under New York’s Child Victims Act accused a former Brighton teacher and gymnastics coach with sexually abusing two young women on what court papers call “hundreds of occasions” over several years. The CVA lawsuit says Duncan Ververs began abusing the two girls when they were in the 7th and 9th […]