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The Vatican has ordered an investigation of a sexual abuse allegation against a Brooklyn bishop who became as soon as beforehand named by Pope Francis to review the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo
January 21, 2020, 1: 16 AM
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NEW YORK — The Vatican has ordered an investigation of a sexual abuse allegation against Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who became as soon as beforehand named byPope Francisto review the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of Fresh York obtained instructions on Jan. 7 to originate an investigation of allegations that DiMarzio molested a tiny one while he became as soon as a parish priest in Fresh Jersey within the mid-1970s, in conserving with an announcement launched over the weekend by Dolan’s spokesman Joseph Zwilling.
“As is our observe, the Cardinal will count on originate air unswerving forensic investigators to help him in this topic,” Zwilling said.
Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian notified church officials in November that he became as soon as making ready a lawsuit on behalf of his client, who alleges to have been repeatedly abused by DiMarzio and a second priest as an altar boy at St. Nicholas Church in Jersey Metropolis.
DiMarzio denied the allegation, telling The Associated Press “I’m confident I shall be entirely vindicated.”
In October, Pope Francis tapped DiMarzio to review the Buffalo Diocese, where Bishop Richard Malone had come below fire for his facing of a burgeoning clergy abuse scandal. Malone resigned in December.
