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Sunday, May 3, 2026

NY Appellate Court Allows Whistleblower Suit Against Archdiocese ... - Law.com

A state appeals court is allowing a whistleblower suit to proceed against the Archdiocese of New York in which a fired employee alleges that a residency director for elderly Catholic priests injected a fatal overdose of morphine to a priest to hasten his death so that she could more conveniently schedule his funeral to accommodate church executives’ attendance.

The Appellate Division, First Department’s decision issued Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision to not allow the archdiocese to dismiss pre-discovery the claim for retaliatory discharge leveled against in a 2021 lawsuit lodged by former employee Esperidion Senal.

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