Attorney representing alleged clergy sex abuse victims says he has received 13 settlement offers
WIVB TV News 4
December 19, 2018
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An attorney representing more than a dozen alleged clergy sex abuse victims released a list of settlement offers from the Buffalo Catholic Diocese's compensation program.
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian says he has received a total of 13 offers, ranging from $10,000 to $340,000.
The list goes into detail, stating which priests from which churches were allegedly involved, the date of the alleged abuse and the ages of the alleged victims.
The earliest date is 1959 and the latest is 1988.
Garabedian did not disclose the specific money amount each alleged victim was offered in the settlement.
Here is the list, released by Garabedian:
VICTIM
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PERP/ASSIGNMENT
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DATE OF ABUSE/AGE
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Victim 1
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Fr. Robert P. Conlin
St. Mary’s Church
Pavilion, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1980
16
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Victim 2
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Fr. Louis J. Hendricks (transferred churches during abuse)
|
1982-1984
13-15
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1. St. Martin’s Church
Buffalo, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
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2. St. Patrick’s Church
Randolph, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
Victim 3
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Fr. Louis J. Hendricks (transferred churches during abuse)
|
1980-1984
12-16
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1. St. Martin’s Church
Buffalo, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
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2. St. Patrick’s Church
Randolph, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
Victim 4
|
Fr. Joseph Friel
St. Patrick’s Church
Randolph, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1978-1979
14-15
|
Victim 5
|
Fr. Brian Hatrick
Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament Church
Depew, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1980
13 or 14
|
Victim 6
|
Fr. Maurus Schenck, C.P.
(Order Priest: Congregation of the Passion “Passionists”)
St. Mary’s Church
Dunkirk, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1965
13
|
Victim 7
|
Msgr. Joseph E. Schieder
St. Andrew’s Church
Tonawanda, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1959-62
8-11
|
Victim 8
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1. Fr. Mark J. Wolski
St. Barnabas Church
Depew, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
2. Fr. Donald W. Becker
Assumption of St. Mary Church
Lancaster, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
Wolski:
1968-1970
15-17
Becker:
1969
16
|
Victim 9
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Fr. Joseph J. Rappl
St. Catherine of Siena Church
West Seneca, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1983-1988
13-18
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Victim 10
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Fr. Donald W. Becker
St. Bonaventure Church
West Seneca, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1973
15
|
Victim 11
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Fr. Loren Nys, S.D.S.
(Order Priest: Society of the Divine Savior “Salvatorians”)
St. Mary High School
Lancaster, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1970-1973
14-17
|
Victim 12
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1. Fr. William F. J. White
St. John the Evangelist Church
Buffalo, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
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2. Fr. Norbert Orsolits
St. John the Evangelist Church
Buffalo, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
Orsolits:
1968
14
White:
1969
15
|
Victim 13
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Fr. Norbert F. Orsolits
St. John Vianney Church
Orchard Park, NY
Diocese of Buffalo
|
1979
14
|
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