BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW

September 12, 2018

By Charlie Specht

Editor’s Note: This is Part Three of an ongoing investigation into Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone’s handling of sexually abusive priests.
Read Part One Here
Read Part Two Here

When the Diocese of Buffalo in March released a list of 42 priests “who were removed from ministry, were retired, or left ministry after allegations of sexual abuse of a minor,” Bishop Richard J. Malone billed it as a historic coming-clean of decades worth of secrets.

But new evidence obtained by 7 Eyewitness News from inside the diocese’s secret archives shows the true scope of abuse was much larger than Malone publicly let on — with a total of 106 total priests on the original draft list of accused priests.

A second internal document shows that may be understating the problem.

That document — a database of…