November 29, 2022

Investigating the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

15 minutes

Our host Teri Barr is talking this week with Jay Tokasz, a journalist with the Buffalo News, who has been reporting on the ongoing revelations of sexual abuse, coverups, resignations and lawsuits related to the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

It's very much a continuing story, so you can get caught up with the articles below and follow further developments in the civil case, the “review board,” the bankruptcies and any other news that breaks at Buffalo News.

Insurers in Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy put on notice by Rochester abuse settlement plan

Advocate for abuse survivors booted off group negotiating Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy settlement

Buffalo Diocese agrees to improve child sexual abuse protections to settle AG's lawsuit

Buffalo Diocese seeks to transfer 35 abuse claims to Boy Scout bankruptcy plan

With little explanation, diocese has reinstated 17 priests accused of sexual abuse

Rochester Diocese bankruptcy mediation stalls as Buffalo Diocese negotiations begin in earnest

Diocese clears two priests, including one who died recently, of sex abuse claims

Bishop reinstates 2 priests suspended following abuse lawsuits in 2021

2 accused priests sue Buffalo Diocese after their pensions are cut

Deceased Buffalo priest accused of abusing boy in 2017

Accused bishop's funeral Mass participation provokes outcry from abuse victims

Rev. Donald W. Trautman, Buffalo priest and retired Erie bishop, dies at 85

Buffalo Diocese priest most often accused of sex abuse dies at age 79

Buffalo Diocese negotiating to settle attorney general's lawsuit

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