BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW
June 1, 2018
By Charlie Specht
Cite reporting by 7 Eyewitness News I-Team
Summoning outrage at the results of a recent 7 Eyewitness News investigation into the covering up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, abuse victims Friday called for the resignation of two bishops and urged law enforcement to begin a criminal investigation of the church hierarchy in Buffalo.
“Bishop Malone promised us that he was thoroughly reviewing the files of the Diocese of Buffalo,” said Robert Hoatson, a former priest and advocate of sexual abuse victims. “Well, we now know that that’s not true. The ones who have been thoroughly analyzing the files are you folks, the media.”
In calling for the immediate resignations of Bishop Richard J. Malone and Auxiliary Bishop Edward Grosz, Hoatson and other victims pointed to two a three-part investigative series by 7 Eyewitness News that revealed secret documents spelling out the covering up of sexual abuse by priests by multiple bishops in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
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