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by bcadmin | Jun 30, 2022 | Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Church in the US, clergy abuse crisis, Diocese of Albany, lead, New York, News | 0 |
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany is proposing a new plan for victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the diocese that he argues maximizes the monetary recovery of victims/survivors on a fair and equitable basis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 2, 2021 | Abortion, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Albany, New York, News, Religious exemptions, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The Supreme Court sent a case back to a lower court Nov. 1 asking it to reconsider a ruling against the Diocese of Albany, New York,that challenged a mandate requiring employers to provide abortion coverage in their employee health insurance plans.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2020 | abuse cover-up, Associated Press, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop Richard Malone, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Buffalo, Lawsuits, New York, News, second | 0 |
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday sued the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and two former church leaders, alleging they covered up allegations of sexual misconduct and misused charitable assets by supporting predatory priests who were allowed to retire or go on leave.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Archbishop Paul Etienne, Bishop David Zubik, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop John Ricard, Bishop Oscar A. Solis, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Protests, Racial justice, Racism, USCCB | 0 |
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, condemned the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and warned the country must “leave behind the purveyors of polarization” in politics.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2020 | Bankruptcy, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop Richard Malone, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Buffalo, News | 0 |
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, has launched a broad-based initiative focused on reenvisioning the mission of the Catholic Church of western New York “and bringing about diocesan-wide renewal,” according to a May 22 diocesan news release.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 6, 2020 | Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop Richard Malone, Church in the US, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Diocese of Buffalo, Father Ryszard Biernat, lead, News | 0 |
Continued fallout clouds the diocese of Buffalo as it seeks to recover from the abuse crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2020 | Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Buffalo, News | 0 |
The bishop serving as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo said he regretted the “pain and further disillusionment” of clergy sexual abuse survivors caused by the participation of priests credibly accused of abuse in a private Lenten Mass at which he presided.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2020 | Associated Press, Bankruptcy, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop Richard Malone, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Buffalo, New York, News | 0 |
The embattled Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, taking another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that‘s been the basis for hundreds of lawsuits, Vatican intervention and the resignation of its bishop.
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