BUFFALO COPS ORDERED NOT TO ARREST CATHOLIC PRIESTS, INSTEAD HAND THEM OVER TO DIOCESE

BUFFALO ((NY)
ChurchMilitant

May 20, 2019

By David Nussman

Unwritten policy of protecting priests after sexual misconduct claims

Retired police officers from Buffalo, New York are confirming they were given marching orders not to arrest Catholic priests after evidence of sexual misconduct, but instead hand them over to the diocese — special treatment they offered to Catholic priests and no one else.

A recent report from Buffalo News sheds light on how the police were ordered to report Catholic clergy’s behavior to the diocese instead of arresting them. Former vice squad detective Martin Harrington said, “The department’s unwritten policy was that Catholic priests did not get arrested.”

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