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Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that's sure to grow substantially in the n...

Every now and then, I see a story come through a wire service that intrigues me to the point where I need to know more. For instance, an Associated Pr...

LITTLE VALLEY — The mission of the Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center in Olean may one day expand to include domestic violence and other family issue...

A new report finds the Catholic Church has spent more than $10 million in recent years to try to prevent victims of clergy sexual abuse from suing, in...

What do Sigmund Freud, Prince, Janis Joplin and Pennsylvania-bred rapper Mac Miller all have in common? They all died from an opioid overdose. Images ...

BUFFALO — Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone released a 2,600-word statement Friday regarding the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo’s clergy sexual abuse crisis....

BUFFALO — Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone released a 2,600-word statement Friday regarding the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo’s clergy sexual abuse crisis....

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University and Archbishop Walsh Academy officials said Thursday they’re in the dark just like the public when it com...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A St. Bonaventure University conference on the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis has been canceled amid concerns the event would...

BELMONT — ACCORD Corp. will host two domestic violence awareness workshops for law enforcement and social service agencies with nationally renowned sp...

Hope. That’s what Bradford native Jim VanSickle took away from the Vatican’s clergy abuse summit he attended last week in Rome. “This trip has become ...

Former Bradford Central Christian teacher David Poulson was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 2 ½ to 14 years in state prison for his repe...

The theme has become persistent for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Specifically, it’s the behavior of the parents of high...

BUFFALO (AP) — With church leaders under scrutiny for their handling of sexual misconduct by priests, a group of lay people in Western New York is foc...

The clergy abuse crisis engulfing the Buffalo Diocese and the Catholic Church is horrifying, from the unthinkable scope of the abuse to the staggering...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A longtime and now-deceased St. Bonaventure University friar was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor. The Rev. Maurice Sche...

BUFFALO — A former Allegany County priest has been suspended following an abuse complaint. Bishop Richard J. Malone placed the Rev. Michael Juran on a...

The latest modification to the Diocese of Erie public disclosure list has multiple people with local ties — including the first religious Sister to be...