NEW YORK
Church Militant
by Anita Carey • ChurchMilitant.com
May 10, 2018
BUFFALO, New York (ChurchMilitant.com) – A sex abuse victim is calling out the diocese of Buffalo, New York for failing to be transparent in its handling of clerical misconduct.
“My abuser was simply moved to a nearby parish two months after I complained,” Stephanie McIntyre told Church Militant. “This has been a living hell for us.”
Father Fabian Maryanski allegedly began grooming McIntyre when she was 15, eventually getting her drunk on her 18th birthday and taking advantage of her. At age 22, she contacted the Buffalo diocese, and her complaint has been on file since 1995.
In spite of this, the priest has never been removed from active ministry — until this week, three days after The Buffalo News broke the story of McIntyre’s abuse. Now the bishop is re-opening the case. This comes in the wake of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the diocese in recent months, with the bishop announcing a victims compensation fund to pay those harmed by priests.
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