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"We're all hurting in some way, even if it's not personal, as members of families, as friends. We have to develop a sense of openness and trust, as family members do."
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Richard Malone had faced scrutiny for allegedly mishandling sexual abuse claims against the priests in his diocese. He announced Wednesday that the pope had accepted his request to "retire early."
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According to numerous sources, Bishop Richard Malone will resign Wednesday and a temporary administrator has already been selected.
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People abused as children will be able to file criminal suits against their abusers no matter how much time has passed.
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The Diocese of Rochester, which faces approximately four dozen lawsuits filed under the Child Victims Act, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection Thursday morning.
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The diocese claims to have between 200 and 999 creditors, and estimates its assets to be between $50 million and $100 million, with liabilities in excess of $100 million.
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"The fact that his own kind of kitchen cabinet of support, a kitchen cabinet of reforms, has turned on him and said you must leave, this could be the tipping point."
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The two men want to propose an alternative to the anger and bitterness the scandal has wrought.
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A panel of lay Catholics formed last year to address concerns about the Diocese of Buffalo's child sex abuse scandal has asked Bishop Richard Malone to resign.
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Hours after WKBW-TV broadcast a story featuring audio secretly recorded by Malone's former secretary, the bishop suggested Fr. Ryszard Biernat broke church law.