Fr. William F.J. White

Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued

Died: 05/27/2016
Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Accused by 11 men of abuse as teenagers 1961-1993. Suspended in 1993. The Diocese had complaints in 1979. There were more complaints in 1987 when a family reported that White tried to molest two brothers the night of their father’s wake. White died in 2016. His name was included on the Diocese’s 3/20/2018 list of credibly accused. A lawsuit filed in 8/2019 claims White raped two brothers and forced the boys to rape each other. The abuse allegedly began in 1982, when the boys were under age 11, and went on for almost 10 years. White allegedly plied the boys with alcohol and drugs and paid them to keep quiet. The family attended Annunciation parish in Black Rock. By 8/2021 White was named in lawsuits by 15 plaintiffs filed under the NY Child Victims Act.

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