BUFFALO (NY)
Buffalo News
December 15, 2018
By Lou Michel
One of two priests cleared of sexual misconduct allegations and returned to active ministry by the Buffalo Diocese said he holds no ill will toward Bishop Richard J. Malone or the woman who accused him of forcibly kissing her 30 years ago when she was 19.
“I’m happy with the way things turned out,” Monsignor Frederick R. Leising, 73, said Saturday. “And I really hold no animosity, not for the Bishop or the woman who made the allegations.”
Rev. Roy Herberger, 76, the other priest, expressed concern that his name was publicly released when the allegation was made against him with no evidence.
“I still don’t understand why the diocese went public and put me on administrative leave, even though there was no evidence,” Herberger said Saturday. “Anyone can make a phone call or have a lawyer write a letter.”
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