Thank you for writing about this ongoing horror in the Church and especially in Buffalo, where I am from. I renember when Bishop Head was out and Grosz came in. I recall the conversations in the 1990s my friends in the Marian Guild at St Andrew’s in Kenmore had about past and current priests in the diocese suspected of sexually abusing children. And I recall finding the personnel records of a priest who had been at St Andrew’s and seeing the now familiar pattern of frequent repostings - and remembering that these older ladies spoke of being afraid of sending their boys to be altar boys. Illinois is now my home, and again I ran across the records of a local predator priest. Please keep reminding people that this has not been resolved and for those affected, will never be. Thank you!
Hi Gretchen, thank you for commenting. I know St. Andrew's has (unfortunately) had some priests who are on the list. Not surprised you found them in Illinois, too. They seem to be all over. Hopefully the next pope will really crack down and defrock the predators.
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Thank you for writing about this ongoing horror in the Church and especially in Buffalo, where I am from. I renember when Bishop Head was out and Grosz came in. I recall the conversations in the 1990s my friends in the Marian Guild at St Andrew’s in Kenmore had about past and current priests in the diocese suspected of sexually abusing children. And I recall finding the personnel records of a priest who had been at St Andrew’s and seeing the now familiar pattern of frequent repostings - and remembering that these older ladies spoke of being afraid of sending their boys to be altar boys. Illinois is now my home, and again I ran across the records of a local predator priest. Please keep reminding people that this has not been resolved and for those affected, will never be. Thank you!
Hi Gretchen, thank you for commenting. I know St. Andrew's has (unfortunately) had some priests who are on the list. Not surprised you found them in Illinois, too. They seem to be all over. Hopefully the next pope will really crack down and defrock the predators.