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  March 11, 2026

  Buffalo and Lackawanna schools have participated since the state Education Department and USDA launched the waiver in 2024, but others like Cheektowaga Central have now joined.

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  March 7, 2026

  17 Child Victims Act cases that a federal bankruptcy judge allowed in 2024 to move forward in state court against the Buffalo Diocese are now on hold again, as a $325 million diocese plan to settle nearly 900 sex abuse claims continues to come together.

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  March 6, 2026

  Diocese priest, Fr. Joseph Gatto, voluntarily placed on leave

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  March 31, 2025

  Holland church Hope on the Hill cancels service after overnight robbery

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  February 16, 2025

  Former Christ the King Seminary sale is complete. Money from the sale will help fund a settlement for the nearly 900 people who say they were sexually abused as children by employees of the diocese.

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• January 29, 2025

  A visit to the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School in Dunkirk for #CatholicSchoolsWeek . The school focuses on faith-based learning. Here’s what some students said about their school: “The teachers are really kind and nice.”  “You get closer relationships with God.”

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  January 23, 2025

  The Buffalo Diocese will create a centralized school system governed by a diocesan school board and led by a superintendent, as part of a new strategic plan for Catholic schools in the region.

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  December 31, 2024

  Decrees issued by Bishop Michael W. Fisher to close or merge Catholic parishes in WNY make it clear that the sale of parish properties could help fund a settlement in bankruptcy court of hundreds of sex abuse claims against the Buffalo Diocese.

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  November 29, 2024

  ‘What happened to me was horrible’: Survivor of alleged sex abuse wants Catholic Diocese held accountable

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• November 21, 2024

  Pete Gallivan shares his story of surviving clergy sex abuse

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• September 27, 2024

  FBI investigated an extortion attempt and death threat against the former Buffalo Diocese bishop in 1961. The investigation was not previously disclosed to the public. The author of the letter and any possible motive remains a mystery.

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• September 25, 2024

  New York lawmakers vow to revisit Child Victims Act despite insurer noncompliance. Hoylman-Sigal said the majority of survivors who filed cases under the 2019 law were white, and many survivors in poor or underserved communities did not know about the policy and deserve their days in court.Hoylman-Sigal said the majority of survivors who filed cases under the 2019 law were white, and many survivors in poor or underserved communities did not know about the policy and deserve their days in court.

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