Michael Hill
Michael Hill is an author at Religion News Service.
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NY’s power to regulate religious schools trimmed by judge
By Michael Hill — March 27, 2023
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, called yeshivas.
NY diocese facing flood of lawsuits files for bankruptcy
By Michael Hill — March 17, 2023
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Albany diocese is dealing with a deluge of lawsuits dating to when New York temporarily suspended the statute of limitations on childhood abuse.
Religious vaccine exemption stays for NY health care workers
By Michael Hill — October 12, 2021
New York will continue to be barred from enforcing any requirement that employers deny religious exemptions. Additionally, the state cannot revoke exemptions already granted.
NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court
By Michael Hill — August 13, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing. That […]
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