BUFFALO (NY)
The Buffalo News
April 16, 2020
By Phil Fairbanks
The Buffalo Diocese is spending a lot of money defending itself.
Hundreds of clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. A landmark bankruptcy case.
The result is a legal bill totaling more than $2 million the past year alone.
And the meter is running.
More than half of the money paid out by the diocese – $1.4 million – went to Connors LLP, the Buffalo law firm handling more than 260 Child Victims Act lawsuits against the diocese.
Headed by Terrence M. Connors, one of the state’s preeminent defense attorneys, the firm has represented the diocese for years and is seen as one of its primary defenders, both in court and in public.
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