Cleric: Richard Malone
Child Sex Abuse in Buffalo Diocese Occurred in 2015, Survivor Says
The mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against Fr. Robert Yetter is one of the things that brought down former Bishop Richard J. Malone in 2019. Joe Cercone was silently watching ...
Buffalo Diocese Agrees to Secular Oversight of Abuse Allegations
Bishops Richard Malone and Edward Grosz banned from holding any fiduciary role with a charity for life. The Diocese of Buffalo has agreed to enact more secular oversight of its ...
Homo Sex Trafficking in Catholic Seminaries
People often associate the term "sex trafficking" with women or minors being transported across international borders to be used as sex slaves for high-paying clients. What many do not realize is that Catholic ...
New York’s Attorney General Sues Buffalo Diocese Over Priest Misconduct
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and two former church leaders, alleging they covered up allegations of sexual misconduct and misused ...
Bishop Named in RICO Lawsuit Dies
A retired New York prelate accused of racketeering is dead. Edward U. Kmiec died Saturday night at the age of 84. The head of the Buffalo diocese from 2004–2012, Kmiec was named in ...
Vindictive Bishop Malone Suspended Priest Who Leaked Tapes
The day before he left his office, Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo forbade his former priest secretary from celebrating sacraments, after the priest leaked audio recordings that showed Malone knew ...
Buffalo Closure?
After seven years of allegedly allowing priests accused of statutory rape and unwanted touching to remain in ministry, after concealing hundreds of pages of damning litigation documents from the public, ...
WATCH: Bishop Malone Says Pope Francis ‘Understands the Difficulties’ in the Buffalo Diocese
Bishop Malone hits all of Pope Francis' key talking points in his debrief of his visit to Rome Bishop Richard Malone, who returned to Buffalo Sunday night after a week-long ...
WATCH: Bishop Malone Ducks Reporters and Laity on Return from Rome
Bishop Richard J. Malone on Sunday flew back from the Vatican, where he met with Pope Francis and where rumors swirled about his possible resignation. But the embattled bishop, whose ...
Bishop Charged with Investigating Bishop Malone Accused of Sexual Abuse Himself
A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a ...
Brooklyn’s Bishop to Lead Vatican Investigation of Buffalo Diocese
The Vatican has announced that Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, will lead an apostolic visitation of the Diocese of Buffalo. The visitation, a canonical inspection and fact-finding mission, ...
Buffalo Diocese Cancels Credit Cards
The Diocese of Buffalo is shutting down its credit cards, effective Friday afternoon. Although some have interpreted the move as a step towards bankruptcy, officials said the decision was unrelated ...
District Attorney Investigating Seminarian’s Sexual Harassment Claims
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn has begun a criminal investigation into claims of sexual harassment raised by a former seminarian against a local priest. Former seminarian Matthew Bojanowski says ...
WATCH: Is the Diocese of Buffalo Hiding Money Ahead of Bankruptcy?
The 7 Eyewitness News I-Team has obtained a secret document that is raising questions about whether the Diocese of Buffalo is hiding or diverting money in anticipation of abuse lawsuits ...
LISTEN: Victims’ Advocate Calls on Cardinal Dolan to Act on Bishop Malone
Sex abuse victims advocate Robert Hoatson has been calling for Bishop Richard Malone's resignation for more than a year-and-a-half. On Wednesday morning, he held yet another press conference outside the ...
Buffalo Diocese Facing More Lawsuits Than Any Other Defendant in NY
More Child Victims Act lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo than against any other defendant in New York State, The Buffalo News has determined. From Aug ...
Poll: 86% of Buffalo Catholics Want Bishop Malone to Resign
Contrary to What He Says, Vast Majority of Buffalo Catholics Want Bishop Malone To Resign An overwhelming majority of area Catholics or lapsed Catholics want Bishop Richard J. Malone to ...
Vos Estis: Why Crookston but not Buffalo?
US Church authorities seem hesitant to test the new Vatican law Interesting times got more interesting this week, when the Archdiocese of St Paul-Minneapolis confirmed to the Catholic News Agency that the ...
The Circus in Buffalo
Things aren’t looking great for Bishop of Buffalo Richard Malone. A federal grand jury is investigating his diocese’s handling of clerical sexual abuse cases. That on top of the ongoing, state-wide investigation of ...
Reporter Says He and his Family are ‘Not Welcome’ at New Parish
It was disturbing enough that WKBW-TV investigative reporter Charlie Specht was excluded from Bishop Richard J. Malone’s press conference last week. Now comes word that Specht and his family also ...
Cardinal Dolan Considering Options Over Scandal-Hit Buffalo Diocese
The Catholic Herald has learned that the Archdiocese of New York is closely monitoring the crisis in the Diocese of Buffalo, and that broad consultations are ongoing, with a view ...
