Complicit Clergy

Lawsuit Charges Former Buffalo Bishop Trautman With Abuse Cover-Up

January 4, 2020 from Catholic News Agency by Kevin Jones

Buffalo, N.Y., Jan 3, 2020 / 06:01 pm (CNA).- A lawsuit against the Diocese of Buffalo and retired Bishop Donald Trautman claim they covered up a New York priest’s sex abuse of a 10-year-old boy in the mid-1980s, though the bishop has previously denied accusations he has ever covered up abuse. Trautman, now 83, retired … Read more

Abuse Victims Call for Resignation of Bishop Donald Trautman

September 13, 2019June 22, 2019 from WIVB by Staff

Earlier this week James Bottlinger revealed details as to his alleged abuse at the hands of Father Michael Freeman. He claims Bishop Donald Trautman, a former auxiliary bishop in Buffalo and Erie bishop knew about the abuse and ignored it. Now survivors say they want Trautman to be held accountable. Paul Barr says he was … Read more