Bishop reopens investigation into 1995 sex abuse allegation

NEW YORK
Buffalo News

By Jay Tokasz

May 7, 2018

Bishop Richard J. Malone is reopening an investigation into allegations that the Rev. Fabian J. Maryanski had sexual contact with a teenage girl in the mid-1980s.

Diocese of Buffalo officials confirmed that Maryanski, 77, was investigated in 1995 following an accusation of sexual abuse.

“Since the investigation was conducted at a time before I became bishop of Buffalo, I have decided to reopen the investigation,” Malone said in a statement.

The statement came after The Buffalo News published a story Sunday stating that Maryanski was assigned to work in parishes for more than a decade after he was accused of having sexual contact with a teenage girl in a church rectory.

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