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12/13/2025

This is all fine, but Bishop Fisher still refuses to hold accountable his officials TODAY who had a hand in hurting these survivors with their complicity in shielding the perpetrators from civil or even ecclesial justice. We have the documents. We have the names of Diocese of Buffalo officials TODAY still in positions of governance and bishop’s advisory groups that aided s*xual predators! I hope survivors tell Fisher the names of the officials that had a hand in this system of operations that decimated lives. I hope they express to his face their appreciation of whistleblower Fr. Ryszard Biernat—still blackballed from ministry. Who are those officials working today? Read: https://laydob.com/2025/12/03/fr-ryszard-biernat-is-still-banned-from-ministry-6-years-after-whistleblowing-on-diocese-of-buffalo-officials-the-officials-should-face-accountability-as-well/
Buffalo Survivors Group New York State Catholic Conference The Pillar Western New York Catholic National Catholic Reporter Sign of the Cross The Buffalo News Theangrycatholic.com Catholics4Change United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Nearly 900 abuse survivors in the Diocese of Buffalo seek to share their stories in open court for validation and healing.

12/13/2025

Honestly, this rite should happen in every parish where a priest molested a child because that too is a form of killing.

Mass has not been celebrated in the church since the Aug. 27 shooting.

12/13/2025

You will want to follow this site as Charlie Specht / Buffalo Muckraker continues his important investigations into Diocese of Buffalo.

Two Buffalo reporters cast a spotlight on their own religion

12/13/2025

Bishop Fisher agreed to personally listen to the survivors’ statements and not speak. He could have done this on his own. He has had 5 long years to make that happen. Instead, it was the judge’s invitation that put this together. Shameful management Diocese of Buffalo

Nearly 900 abuse survivors in the Diocese of Buffalo seek to share their stories in open court for validation and healing.

12/09/2025

Another win has come for Western New York Catholics from The Vatican in the fight against the merger and closure of several parishes in the region. Read more from WBEN:

12/09/2025

Save Our Buffalo Churches says two parishes won appeals at the Vatican and another saw its closure decree revoked locally.

12/09/2025

It was the second and third time in a little more than a month that the Vatican had issued a ruling in favor of parishioners seeking to keep their parish

12/09/2025

Two Catholic parishes in Western New York are celebrating a major victory after the Vatican overturned the Buffalo Diocese's decision to close and merge them.

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12/08/2025

Because of this ruling, SS. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown will remain open and will not merge with Saint James.

12/06/2025

Why do laity have to pay when they had nothing to do with the way the diocese handled s*x abuse cases?
Bishop: “It’s all of our responsibility as Church.”
Why haven’t you reinstated whistleblower Fr. Ryszard Biernat to ministry?
Bishop: “That’s a personnel issue.”
Glib deflections to important questions deserve more thoughtful responses, particularly when not one official has been held accountable for his actions in this entire scandal which we laity are forced to pay for. If laity accept these answers, they deserve the consequences of their apathy, do they not?
Charlie Specht’s comments on these questions in a subsequent post: “…[Fr. Ryszard’s] blackballing by 3 Buffalo bishops says more about the institution and its culture than any pretty words coming from a bishop’s P.R. handler ever could. It’s common for organizations to hide behind the “it’s a personnel issue, I can’t comment on it” in the corporate-ized world we live in. But I think you lose the benefit of the doubt on that — and you should lose the ability to hide behind that — when your personnel policies of the not-too-distant past involved protecting pedophiles. Bishops should be forced to explain why they do what they do.”

Bishop Michael Fisher discussed his meetings with Pope Leo XIV and Vatican officials about the Diocese of Buffalo’s bankruptcy and plans to merge or close pa...

12/04/2025

Where was Diocese of Buffalo compassion for the Polish immigrant, Ryszard Biernat, when he was molested by a diocesan priest? Look how it continues to treat him? https://laydob.com/2025/12/03/fr-ryszard-biernat-is-still-banned-from-ministry-6-years-after-whistleblowing-on-diocese-of-buffalo-officials-the-officials-should-face-accountability-as-well/

The Buffalo Catholic Diocese is amplifying calls for compassion for immigrants through a pastoral letter drawing on more than 130 years of Catholic social teaching.

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12/04/2025

Diocese of Buffalo has sadistically isolated one of its priests for six long years for daring to publicly expose its secret system of operations which protected s*xual predator priests. Those operations relied on the complicity of several diocesan officials still leading us TODAY who have never faced accountability. Some have even received diocesan honors. This is terrifying. If Father Ryszard Biernat has to face accountability for his decisions, these officials should too. Read to find out who they are. Western New York CatholicThe Pillar Catholics4Change National Catholic Reporter National Catholic RegisterUnited States Conference of Catholic BishopsNew York State Catholic ConferenceThe Movement to Restore Trust Buffalo Survivors Group

Fr. Ryszard Biernat is still banned from ministry 6 years after whistleblowing on Diocese of Buffalo officials; the officials should face accountability as well