BUFFALO (NY)
WGRZ

September 10, 2018

By Claudine Ewing

Before Bishop Richard Malone came to Buffalo, he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Portland, Maine from 2004 until 2012.

While there, Malone was criticized for concealing the identity of several priests accused of being predators. Paul Kendrick helped form the Voice of the Faithful group. They are activists for survivors of priest abuse. Kendrick recalled how Bishop Malone handled a situation involving a pastor in South Portland, Maine.

“He had living with him in his rectory, a guy who was a deacon in upstate Maine, who had been convicted of child sexual abuse,” Kendrick said.

Kendrick said it took a while before Malone had the pastor removed from the parish. Years later, Malone allowed the pastor to return to begin saying mass again.

“Advocacy groups raised holy hell,” Kendrick said.

That priest was eventually forced to…