BUFFALO (NY)
The Spectrum
February 4, 2019
By Isabella Nurt
Father Roy Herberger, a priest at UB’s Newman Center, returned to active ministry in December.
He returned to a warm welcome in light of a six-month suspension, caused by a sexual abuse claim.
“The only way that I could say mass was by myself in my residence,” Herberger said. “Because if I went into a church, someone could recognize me and say ‘Oh there is that priest, why is he allowed to be here in the pews where we have children?’”
Bishop Richard Malone suspended Herberger after a sexual abuse claim surfaced in June, according to Herberger. A person, whose name was not released by the Buffalo Diocese, claimed that Herberger assaulted him when he was a student at St. Anne’s Parish in Buffalo during the 1980s. No lawsuit was filed, but the Buffalo Diocese conducted an internal review.
The Diocese lifted the suspension after reviewing investigative reports.
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