PORTLAND (ME)
WGME TV
Dec. 4, 2019
A former Bishop of the Portland Diocese, accused of shielding predator pedophile priests, has stepped down from his post in New York.
Bishop Richard Malone is currently under a criminal investigation in Buffalo for allegedly diverting charitable donations into a fund for bishops.
Paul Kendrick is a graduate of Cheverus High School who co-founded a group to help Maine victims molested by pedophile priests.
He says more than a decade ago, his group asked then-Portland Bishop Richard Malone to post the names of priests credibly accused of abuse, and to embrace victims with compassion and get them the help they need.
But instead, he says Bishop Malone did just the opposite.
“Bishop Malone just treated the mother of one of the victims in such a horrible way that advocates demonstrated against him all the way from Boston,” Kendrick said.
Kendrick says they’ve urged the Maine Attorney General to open investigation of the Portland Diocese, like the one now being conducted in Buffalo that led to Bishop Malone’s resignation.
“This is a $50-million-a-year organization that has been hiding felony sex crimes against children for years,” Kendrick said.
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