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A fact sheet available on the diocesan website says that nearly half — 49% — of parishes in the diocese have seen a decline in registered households, while 60% of parishioners are over the age of 60.
The diocese said it purchased its headquarters building in 1985.
During his homily at Drury’s May 21 funeral Mass at Assumption Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York, Father Nicholas Spano said Christ’s disciples have the mission of reflecting the light of God.
The lookback window, which closed Aug. 14, allowed child sex abuse victims to file lawsuits after their statute of limitations had ended.
On six separate occasions, Lubienecki left harassing voicemails for Specht during the reporter's investigation into allegations of clerical sex abuse in the Buffalo diocese and at Christ the King seminary.
Bishop-designate Michael Fisher will officially take the reins of the scandal-plagued diocese Jan. 15.
The Buffalo diocese filed for bankruptcy in February of this year, after it was named in hundreds of clergy sex abuse lawsuits filed in New York courts.
Canon law requires that dioceses provide for the "decent support" of all incardinated clerics, with bishops required to offer at least the provision for basic sustenance, even to clerics not in ministry.
In September 2019, Fr. Biernat took recordings of several conversations with Bishop Malone to a local media outlet.
In September, a priest who was sexually abused as a seminarian alleged that Bishop Grosz responded to his 2003 report of the abuse by threatening his vocation.
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