Bishop Malone and Buffalo Diocese Sued by NY AG Over Clergy Abuse
The Buffalo diocese filed for bankruptcy in February of this year, after it was named in hundreds of clergy sex abuse lawsuits filed in New York courts.
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Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Buffalo’s Bishop Edward Grosz
In September, a priest who was sexually abused as a seminarian alleged that Bishop Grosz responded to his 2003 report of the abuse by threatening his vocation.
Diocese of Buffalo Files for Bankruptcy
The announcement follows a year in which allegations of a cover-up of clergy sex abuse were made against the diocese.
Buffalo Seminary Closure Speaks Volumes to Other Dioceses
COMMENTARY: The decision removes a source of toxins that the seminary injected in the life of the local Church.
Bishop Scharfenberger To Close Buffalo's Christ the King Seminary
Christ the King Seminary is an apostolate of the Buffalo diocese, which has faced serious challenges in the last year.
Buffalo Administrator: Catholic Charities Donations Will Not Go to Abuse Settlements
Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone resigned in December 2019 after more than a year of calls for his resignation, amid accusations that he mishandled abuse cases in the diocese.
Bishop Scharfenberger: I Was Given No ‘Particular Mission’ in Buffalo
Bishop Malone’s resignation was accepted in December after sustained criticism and scrutiny beginning in November of 2018, when his former executive assistant Siobahn O’Connor leaked confidential diocesan documents showing that the diocese had drastically underreported to the public the number of priests with abuse accusations made against them.
Blowing the Whistle on Mishandling Diocesan Sex Abuse
Siobhan O’Connor tells the Register how she went from living a dream job to leaking chancery documents after seeing how the diocese handled the complaints of victims of sex abuse.
Supreme Court Indecision on Marriage Redefinition
Marriage advocates praise Justice Kennedy’s stay of a decision legalizing same-sex ‘marriage’ in Idaho and Nevada but insist the high court needs to examine all such decisions.
