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‘These were crimes against children’: Clergy sex abuse survivors in Buffalo Diocese share their stories
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Survivor details decades of abuseMore than five years after the first Child Victims Act lawsuit was filed, clergy sex abuse survivors of the Buffalo Diocese are finally having their voices heard in federal court.
Survivors began delivering statements Tuesday before U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Carl Bucki and Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher as part of the diocese's ongoing bankruptcy case.
Michael Whalen, a clergy sex abuse survivor, was the first of about 20 survivors to speak.
Multiple survivors share graphic testimonyA 69-year-old survivor testified about being sexually abused and raped between ages 7 and 11 by Father Edward Townsend.
Another survivor cried while delivering his statement about abuse by Father John Aurelio at his cabin in the woods.