Ash Wednesday will arrive with COVID-19 precautions
Priests won t actually place the ashes on people s foreheads. Instead they will follow a European custom of sprinkling the ashes on the crown of a person s head. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 6:40 PM EST February 14, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Ash Wednesday will look quite a bit different this year for Western New York during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ash Wednesday is this week, and COVID-19 precautions mean priests won t actually place the ashes on people s foreheads.
Instead they will follow a European custom of sprinkling the ashes on the crown of a person s head.
The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo put out a video to explain to parishioners how it will work.
NorthJersey.com
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – As clergy abuse lawsuits proliferate across the U.S., a growing number of priests who say they were falsely accused are pushing back by suing their accusers, investigators and even church officials.
The list includes the Rev. 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.
The diocese cleared Herberger after a six-month investigation, but the experience was devastating, he said. I felt abandoned, embarrassed and betrayed, Herberger said in an email. It was difficult for me to leave the shelter of my apartment lest I be seen by others who might recognize me and tag me as one of them.
Leaked transcript raises concerns of payouts for clergy sex abuse victims
âThey never wanted the child victims act
Leaked transcript raises concerns of payouts for clergy sex abuse victims
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BUFFLAO, NY (WKBW) â One day before a new bishop will be installed as the leader of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, a leaked transcript reveals the diocese may have been trying to bypass the Child Victims Act.
Some are now accusing the church of putting money before victims.
Eileen Buckley
Kevin Koscielniak, survivor, founder Buffalo Survivors Group, in a Zoom interview.
âJust another way for the church to keep things silent,â declared Kevin Koscielniak, survivor, founder Buffalo Survivors Group.
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With all of the fear, outrage and uncertainty surrounding this year, there was also plenty of positivity and pride in our city. Western New Yorkers turned out online in a big way and, thanks to your votes, Fredonia was featured on the series Small Business Revolution, the National Comedy Center in Jamestown was named Best New Museum in America, Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs in Kenmore won $50 thousand dollars, and Buffalo s Cami Clune made it to the top 10 on The Voice.
Dr. Annabel writing final chapter of service to SJH
Retiring Hornell doctor looks back on his nearly 50-year career in Hornell
The Evening Tribune
HORNELL As Dr. Spencer Annabel approaches his retirement from St. James Hospital he’s looking back way back much further than the mid 1970s, when he began his nearly half century association with the Hornell medical facility.
The doctor of internal medicine and current president of the hospital’s medical staff is compiling the entire history of the hospital from St. James’ founding by Father James Early in 1890 to “where we are today.”
The undertaking has grown larger as the project has progressed. Annabel expects the history to become a Power Point presentation and, eventually, to take print form.