NEW YORK
Union=-Sun and Journal
April 19, 2918
By Philip Gambini and Rick Pfeiffer philip.gambini@lockportjournal.com
Attorney Mike Reck returned to Buffalo on Tuesday to again demand the Catholic Diocese release a comprehensive list of clerics within its jurisdiction who have been credibly accused of sexual assaults against children or other abuses.
It is the second call Reck and his firm, Jeff Anderson and Associates, P.A., have made in as many months. The first occurred in March, when Reck’s firm released a list of 13 priests accused of committing sexual crimes against minors while serving in Western New York.
A subsequent disclosure by the diocese added 30 priests that the religious institution said had “credible” allegations of abuse brought against them.
The second batch of information released by the law firm on Tuesday included details about where the 42 named clergymen were assigned, while laying out a hierarchy of church leaders who oversaw the diocese between 1945 and 2017. They are individuals Reck said are “responsible for the current crisis.”
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