BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW
August 22, 2018
By Charlie Specht
Editor’s Note: In March 2018, the Diocese of Buffalo released a list of 42 priests accused of abuse. 7 Eyewitness News has learned that two priests who were in ministry at that time were originally considered for inclusion on that list, but were removed before the list was made public.
This is the first part of a two-part investigative series on Bishop Richard J. Malone’s handling of those priests. Part two will be released on-air and online on Thursday.
The last six months have been perhaps the most turbulent in the 171-year history of the Diocese of Buffalo.
After years of suffering and silence, victims have come forward with horrific accounts of sexual abuse or misconduct at the hands of 82 priests and nuns, and the 7 Eyewitness News I-Team has exposed a pattern of how the Catholic Church in Buffalo treated allegations of sexual abuse.
Bishop Richard J. Malone has described the problem as one he inherited, stressing that there’s nothing being hidden in Buffalo anymore.
But a 7 Eyewitness News Investigation based on hundreds of internal church documents shows that in the case of one accused priest, Bishop Malone, between 2012 and this year:
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