Catholic Diocese of Buffalo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:09:04 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Catholic Diocese of Buffalo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic Priests File Lawsuits to Fight False Sex Abuse Allegations https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/02/18/catholic-priests-file-lawsuits/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:50:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=133516 With clergy abuse lawsuits seemingly on the rise across the United States, new reporting uncovers a growing number of priests who are fighting back against their accusers by suing them, investigators, and even other church officials, reports Deena Yellin, as republished by USA Today. The list includes the Reverend Roy Herberger of the Catholic Diocese Read more

Catholic Priests File Lawsuits to Fight False Sex Abuse Allegations... Read more]]> With clergy abuse lawsuits seemingly on the rise across the United States, new reporting uncovers a growing number of priests who are fighting back against their accusers by suing them, investigators, and even other church officials, reports Deena Yellin, as republished by USA Today.

The list includes the Reverend Roy Herberger of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Last year, he filed a defamation case against a 42-year-old man who said the priest had assaulted him as a boy.

After a lengthy investigation, Herberger was deemed innocent of any crimes, and while the outcome showed that justice prevailed, Herberger says "the experience was devastating."

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