As the Buffalo Diocese continues to navigate the clergy abuse settlement and bankruptcy, there have been several recent decisions regarding churches that are appealing merger or closure. We spoke with ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Diocese of Buffalo has filed a Chapter 11 reorganization plan after it agreed to pay $150 million to settle a lawsuit alleging over 800 claims of sexual assault. Included in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In a letter to parents, the Diocese of Buffalo announced that all 29 of its elementary schools will have armed security guards on site for the 2025–2026 school year. The guards are ...

Following a ruling from the Vatican that prevented funds from All Saints parish in Lockport from going toward the Diocese of Buffalo’s $150 million sexual abuse settlement, the organization helping ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Diocese of Buffalo has until October 1 to submit a new plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a tentative $272 million settlement agreement reached with survivors of ...

The Buffalo Diocese path forward in its Chapter 11 case is complicated by its internal parish restructuring effort known as ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — St. John Kanty Church on Buffalo’s East Side is one of the ...

The New York Supreme Court has tossed out a lawsuit against the Diocese of Buffalo challenging a diocesan plan requiring payments to help settle the diocese’s abuse settlement. Parishioners suing the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Vatican suspended the closure of Buffalo’s St. John Kanty Church after parishioners petitioned to keep it open, parishioner Matthew Zawisky announced Monday. The church on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A judge has ruled against groups from five Catholic parishes that filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Buffalo to block payments that would go toward the diocese's $150 ...

The plan aims primarily to provide financial restitution to survivors of past sexual abuse by clergy, employees and volunteers of the diocese and affiliated Catholic entities, the diocese said in a ...