Diocese’s Insurer: If You Concealed Abuse, We Don’t Have to Pay

By Charlie Specht
WIBW TV
October 10, 2019

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The Diocese of Buffalo's insurance company is arguing in court that it is not liable for sex abuse judgments because the diocese concealed the abuse for decades.

In documents recently filed in state court, Continental Insurance Company -- whose predecessor insured the diocese for much of the 1970s -- says that its policy only covers "accidents" which are reported in a timely manner to the insurer.

"Continental has no obligation to provide insurance coverage to the Diocese with respect to any sexual abuse claim, to the extent that the Diocese knew prior to the abuse that the relevant priest had: (i) engaged in earlier sexual abuse; (ii) posed a danger to children; or (iii) a propensity to commit sexual abuse," the company states.