BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW-TV
November 11, 2019
By Charlie Specht
[VIDEO]
Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone is on his way to Rome for a face-to-face meeting with Pope Francis.
It’s part of a regular visit to the Vatican by New York State’s Catholic bishops, but this time the visit comes on the heels of a massive sexual abuse scandal exposed in part by the 7 Eyewitness News I-Team over the last two years.
Now, a state judge is taking the rare step of speaking out against a sitting bishop.
“He goes on and it’s like an actor on the stage,” retired State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Drury said in a recent interview, speaking about Bishop Malone. “He’s got his crook. He’s got his mitre. And there he is, on the stage again, thinking he can do this.”
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