BUFFALO (NY)
Buffalo News
September 13, 2018
By Jay Tokasz
Buffalo Diocese Bishop Richard J. Malone has suspended another retired priest from ministry due to a sexual abuse complaint.
The diocese announced Thursday on its website that the Rev. John J. Sardina, 86, has been placed on administrative leave as the complaint is investigated.
Sardina lives in a residence for retired priests in Depew. He could not be reached Thursday afternoon to comment.
The diocese provided no details about when the abuse was alleged to have happened or where Sardina was assigned at the time.
The diocese statement said that the leave was “for the purpose of investigation and does not imply any determination as to the truth or falsity of the complaint.”
Sardina was ordained to the priesthood in 1960, and early in his vocation served at St. Jude missionary apostolate parish in Sardinia; Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Buffalo; Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Lancaster; and Holy Cross Church in Buffalo.
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