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More than 900 abuse claims filed against Buffalo diocese under Child Victims Act

August 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

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Buffalo, N.Y., Aug 18, 2021 / 11:03 am (CNA).
At Saturday’s close of the “lookback” window created by New York’s Child Victims Act, more than 900 child sex abuse claims against the Buffa… […]

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NY bishop hopes Child Victims Act deadline will close a ‘painful and sordid chapter’

August 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Buffalo, N.Y., Aug 16, 2021 / 14:04 pm (CNA).
At the close of the “lookback” window created by New York’s Child Victims Act, Bishop Michael Fisher of Buffalo said he hopes the process … […]

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Priests of Buffalo diocese continue to face sex abuse accusations

July 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Buffalo, N.Y., Jul 29, 2021 / 14:52 pm (CNA).
Since June more than 90 sex abuse lawsuits involving the Diocese of Buffalo have been filed under New York’s Child Victims Act.A July 27 sta… […]

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‘A welcome necessity’: Canon law society praises revisions to Church penal sanctions

June 2, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2021 / 10:01 am The Canon Law Society of America on Tuesday expressed gratitude for the Vatican’s new revisions to Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, saying that the […]

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Syracuse diocese to hold Mass for Healing amid nearly 400 sex abuse claims

April 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 13:22 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Syracuse will hold a Mass for Healing on April 29 after nearly 400 sex abuse claims involving … […]

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Law firm tallies 2,800 suits filed against Catholic entities under NY Child Victims Act

April 8, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Albany, N.Y., Apr 8, 2021 / 18:19 pm America/Denver (CNA). A law firm that frequently represents victims of clerical sexual abuse announced April 6 that it had counted at least 2,800 lawsuits filed so far […]

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