Why Bishop Malone’s assistant became a whistleblower

NEW YORK (NY)
CBS News

Oct 28, 2018

By Brit McCandless

Siobhan O’Connor was working for the Diocese of Buffalo when she had a revelation.

For three years, she had worked as the executive assistant to Bishop Richard Malone. She maintained his calendar, took care of his correspondence, answered his phone lines and emails. They had such a close working relationship that the southpaw assistant joked she was his “left-hand woman.”

But what she saw in that role infuriated her — and she realized she had to speak up about it.

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