Catholic nuns, bishop sue New York over law requiring care homes to facilitate assisted suicide
On July 17, the Diocese of Rockville Centre and four communities of Catholic religious sisters filed a federal lawsuit against the state of New York, challenging a physician-assisted suicide law signed by Democratic Gov. The plaintiffs argue that the law, scheduled to take effect on August 5, compels Catholic institutions to participate in assisted suicide despite their religious convictions, and therefore violates the First Amendment’s protections for religious liberty and free speech. “We will never submit to New York’s culture of death,” Bishop John Oliver Barres said in a statement released through the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
- ▪On July 17, the Diocese of Rockville Centre and four communities of Catholic religious sisters filed a federal lawsuit against the state of New York, challenging a physician-assisted suicide law signed by Democratic Gov.
- ▪The plaintiffs argue that the law, scheduled to take effect on August 5, compels Catholic institutions to participate in assisted suicide despite their religious convictions, and therefore violates the First Amendment’s protections for reli
- ▪“We will never submit to New York’s culture of death,” Bishop John Oliver Barres said in a statement released through the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
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News Catholic nuns, bishop sue New York over law requiring care homes to facilitate assisted suicide ‘Our calling is to protect and care for needy seniors, not steer them toward suicide,’ Mother Alice Marie Monica of the Little Sisters of the Poor said. ‘We will remain true to that mission.’ Jason Grant/Shutterstock GaetanoMasciullo 0 Gaetano Masciullo Comments 0 Fri Jul 24, 2026 - 6:31 am EDT NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) — A bishop and four communities of religious sisters are fighting back in federal court against a New York law they say would force them to take part in assisted suicide in violation of the Catholic faith.
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