BUFFALO (NY)
WKBW 7 ABC
July 16, 2020
By Charlie Specht
Survivors decry lucrative contract with Tucker
Earlier this year, the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it was faced with hundreds of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
But despite its financial problems, the diocese is now paying big bucks to change its image — and that’s not sitting well with survivors of abuse.
Few have benefited from the diocese’s decision to declare bankruptcy as much as Greg Tucker, who has been working as a behind-the-scenes adviser to interim Bishop Edward Scharfenberger since the bishop’s introductory news conference last December.
The national public relations consultant replaced former diocese spokesperson Kathy Spangler soon after former Bishop Richard J. Malone’s resignation. He’s now making hundreds of thousands of dollars from a diocese that says it is financially insolvent.
Records filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court show the diocese paid Tucker more than $93,000 from December through February.
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