BUFFALO (NY)
Spectrum Local News
November 8, 2018
By Andy Young
In the midst of the clergy sex abuse scandal that’s rocked the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, State Senator Patrick Gallivan is proposing a new law to help protect children from those crimes in the future.
“When you see the names that the diocese has released, many of my constituents, me personally, I know a number of these priests and I’m very troubled,” he said.
Gallivan has introduced the Child Victims and Protection and Accountability Act. It would require priests and other church officials report suspicions of abuse against a minor to law enforcement, just as many others are legally obligated to do.
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