60 Minutes interviews Buffalo NY Catholic diocese whistleblower; airs tomorrow (Sun. Oct. 28) at 7 pm ET; Feds reportedly investigating ( pizzagate )

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https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo-catholic-diocese-whistleblower-to-appear-on-60-minutes-this-sunday/1550307259

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“ The woman who claims to have copied hundreds of incriminating documents from Bishop Malone's secret archives is coming forward.

Siobhan O'Connor, Malone's former executive assistant, will speak to 60 Minutes this Sunday night at 7 p.m.

60 Minutes will reveal what the documents she copied show.

According to CBSNEWS.com , O'Connor accuses him of withholding the names of dozens of priests with sex abuse accusations against them from a report released last March .

" Hundreds of documents O'Connor secretly copied from the confidential files of the Diocese of Buffalo offer an extraordinary window into Bishop Malone's decisions about priests accused of abuse. The devout O'Connor professes love for her church and her bishop. But she says she left the diocese last summer after three years because the documents she discovered indicated the bishop had allowed the accused priests to continue in ministry. "The reality of what I saw left me with no other option because at the end of my life, I'm not going to answer to Bishop Malone, I am going to answer to God," she tells Whitaker."

"I did betray [Bishop Malone], and yet I can't apologize for that, because there was a greater good to consider," says O'Connor. Whitaker also interviews Deacon Paul Snyder of the Buffalo Diocese. He is the first clergyman of the diocese to call for Bishop Malone's resignation. The information exposed by O'Connor enraged him. "[Bishop Malone] is behaving in a way that you would typically think a CEO in a corporation that's being accused of corrupt practices might act, hiding behind attorneys," he says. Some of the documents O'Connor found were prepared by the dioceses' attorneys.

Since calling for Bishop Malone to step down, he has received 400 notes and emails. "They want to be part of the solution but they think this bishop is preventing that," says Deacon Synder.

60 Minutes has learned that the Buffalo diocese is under investigation by federal authorities. Bishop Malone declined to be interviewed by 60 Minutes. ”

Previous v/pizzagate threads on the Buffalo diocese:

Report: Catholic Bishop In NY Shuffled Pervert Priest Around: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2710440

Part 1 SPECIAL REPORT: Murder in the Diocese of Buffalo-Whistleblower Priest Dead: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2772180

Part 2 SPECIAL REPORT: Murder in the Diocese of Buffalo-Wistleblower Priest Dead: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2772206

think-

Oh damn, @Factfinder2 , I totally missed your post when I was writing mine about this interview. :-/ Apologies. Will edit my post tomorrow, and link to your post (my OP contains most of the interview).

Factfinder2

No worries. See my other comment.

think-

Thanks!

NOMOCHOMO

I doubt there is a direct connection but Buffalo reminds me that the Alefantis family hails from Buffalo NY. They were members of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.

WalnutSauceGoat

Thanks for the heads-up. Solid post.

The Roman Catholic Church is the longest-lasting institution in human history. We’re finally starting to see the end of it. What a time to be alive.

Factfinder2

Yes, absolutely. I consider it a privilege to witness the unraveling.