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Brooklyn Catholics Riven over Abuse Scandal

By Jeannette Neumann For many of Brooklyn’s faithful, the holiest week in the Catholic calendar was marred by accusations of anti-Catholic bigotry on the one hand and claims of criminal cover-ups on the other. The Vatican spent much of Holy Week doing damage control on a sexual abuse scandal that has ensnared the Pope himself....

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After the Fire: The Funeral

By Jeannette Neumann Brooklyn’s Guatemalan community gathered on Friday in a Coney Island funeral home to remember the five people who died at the end of January in a blaze allegedly set by a man living in their building. The funeral had been postponed until the bodies were identified.

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After the Fire – Part Two: The Unforgiven

Five lives were lost in the early morning hours on January 30 in a fire allegedly set by the victims’ neighbor. The Brooklyn Ink plans to chronicle the aftermath of this devastating Bensonhurst fire on the people whose lives it touched and the community in which it occurred. This is Part Two. By Jeannette Neumann...