
Buffalo Bishop: Pope Francis ‘Very Understanding’ After Scandals
Bishop Richard Malone releases video message, insists he is ‘wholly committed’ to the work of healing in the diocese.
Bishop Richard Malone releases video message, insists he is ‘wholly committed’ to the work of healing in the diocese.
Part 1: Recent allegations of sexual misconduct at Christ the King Seminary are a central component of the problems that have triggered the recent apostolic visitation of the Diocese of Buffalo.
Mark Matzek, 56, says Bishop DiMarzio and another priest, who is now deceased, repeatedly abused him when he was an altar server in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
A statement released by the Diocese of Brooklyn Thursday said that DiMarzio had traveled to the diocese of Bishop Richard Malone and interviewed more than 30 people earlier this week.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone’s metropolitan archbishop, under new Vatican norms.
As more scandalous claims continue to emerge there, the Diocese of Buffalo could be poised to become the first U.S. diocese where Pope Francis’ new guidelines regarding allegations of episcopal misconduct are applied.
Bishop Richard Malone’s handling of alleged sexually predatory behavior by two priests is spotlighted in leaked chancery documents.
Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., said, 'The crisis of marriage and family today cannot be separated from a crisis of faith and a crisis of meaning. And so we must pray for our nation and for our families.'
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