BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW TV

Sept. 24, 2019

By Charlie Specht

More than 200 lawsuits have been filed in Western New York under the Child Victims Act , and the Diocese of Buffalo is the defendant in 80 percent of them.

The total number of suits filed locally since the CVA’s one-year “look-back window” went into effect in August topped the 200 mark Monday evening. Broken down by defendant, the numbers are as follows:
Diocese of Buffalo: 168 lawsuits
Kenmore Schools (Retired teacher Arthur Werner ): 26 lawsuits
Other public schools: 7 lawsuits
Misc. (Boy Scouts, Lutherans, nonprofits, individuals): 8 lawsuits

All told, there have been 209 lawsuits filed in Western New York under the Child Victims Act. Nearly half of those lawsuits — exactly 100 — have been filed by local attorney Steve Boyd and national clergy sex abuse attorney Jeff Anderson, who have joined…