BUFFALO (NY)
WGRZ
March 22, 2018
A spokesman for the Buffalo Catholic Diocese calls it “an unfortunate mistake”
The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo put out a list earlier this week with the names of priests accused of sexual abuse.
One of the priests listed is not supposed to be on that list.
On the list of 42 priests, it should have read Rev. James P. Hayes as the priest who died in 1988, not James F. Hayes who should not have been placed on the list
A spokesman for the Buffalo Catholic Diocese calls it “an unfortunate mistake”
Also of note, Rev. Chester S. Stachewicz died in 2010. Originally, the Diocese indicated he was alive.
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