Catholic Church

A feud has been growing between Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders of the Catholic Church, over an abortion rights bill the governor signed last week. The governor has been fueling the flames of the disagreement.

Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are hailing the passage of the Child Victims Act at the New York State Capitol, which will give victims their day in court.

The Child Victims Act is scheduled to be approved in the state legislature next week. Sponsors say they have fixed a perceived flaw in the legislation that opponents said could provide a loophole for public schools in sexual abuse cases.

The Rochester Catholic Diocese says that two priests have been removed from public ministry by Bishop Salvatore Matano after allegations of misconduct.

The state Supreme Court has decided to permanently redact the names of nearly a dozen current and former Roman Catholic clergy who were implicated in a sweeping grand jury report on sexual abuse of children.

BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone says comes away from the meeting of U.S. bishops in Baltimore "astonished, shocked and dismayed" that action was not taken on priest abuse. However, he believes the Vatican's postponement may be because of the global nature of the crisis.

KEYSTONE CROSSROADS - Two people who have accused priests of molestation in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and all of the state's dioceses demanding that additional church secrets be exposed.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) - Seven of Pennsylvania’s eight Catholic dioceses have announced plans to create funds that would compensate victims abused by priests as children, for whom the statute of limitations has expired.

BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Bishop Richard Malone says he made mistakes in handling accusations of sexual abuse by clergy but those errors were not to a level that calls for his resignation.

BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Bishop Richard Malone is responding to the news conference held by whistleblower Siobhan O'Connor, who released diocesan documents to authorities and the media about the handling of sexual abuse victims.