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ROCHESTER (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester will pay $55 million to survivors of sexual abuse committed by clergy members under a settlem...

BUFFALO — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has agreed to strengthen its oversight of clergy accused of sexual misconduct to settle a lawsuit brou...

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo assures the faithful that they are not obliged to attend Mass if they are feeling ill, a point made Tuesday as coronav...

Struggling financially amidst a clergy sex abuse scandal that has dramatically reduced giving, the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo will close Christ the K...

Retired Erie, Pa., Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that claims he covered up clergy sexual abuse when he...

BUFFALO — The Diocese of Buffalo on Tuesday released two new documents addressing sexual misconduct and abuse by diocesan priests. One document is a c...

About a year and a half ago, a priest colleague of 53 years and a dear friend attended a four-day seminar entitled “A Pre-retirement Seminary for Cler...

BUFFALO — The Movement to Restore Trust has suggested reforms for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo in light of its clergy sexual abuse scandal, from cr...

OLEAN — Following months of criticism, Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone will be in Olean this weekend to listen to parishioners’ concerns about the Catho...

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...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has substantiated an allegation of child sexual abuse against a suspended Ellicottville priest. The di...

OLEAN — For the past six months, the Rev. Romulo Montero has become friends with parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church, as well as learned th...

With anxieties riding high across the U.S., it’s no surprise localized stories about national topics sparked huge interest in 2018. The rise of metham...

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 (AP) — Embattled Bishop Richard Malone says he will publicly address the issue of sexual misconduct by clergy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

BUFFALO — A federal investigation into clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is underway. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo has s...