BUFFALO (NY)
Buffalo News
May 7, 2018
By Jay Tokasz
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A Diocese of Buffalo priest accused of having sexual contact with a teenage girl in the mid-1980s has been put on administrative leave.
Bishop Richard J. Malone will reopen an investigation into allegations that the Rev. Fabian J. Maryanski had sexual contact with a female parishioner of St. Patrick Church in Barker starting when the girl was 15.
“This has been one of the most horrific things I and my family has ever had to endure, second only to the abuse itself, and we have hope that speaking out will bring healing to not only us, but to every victim, the Diocese of Buffalo and especially to the entire Church,” said Stephanie McIntyre, the woman who accused Maryanski. “It’s 25 years too late. I wonder how many girls were preyed upon during that time period.”
The diocese was made aware of the accusations in a 1995 letter from the accuser’s lawyer, but it allowed Maryanski to serve in parishes for more than a decade afterward.
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