{"id":24660,"date":"2018-03-22T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=24660"},"modified":"2018-03-22T10:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:08:13","slug":"catholic-diocese-of-buffalo-releases-names-of-priest-accused-of-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/catholic-diocese-of-buffalo-releases-names-of-priest-accused-of-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Releases Names of Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/catholic-diocese-of-buffalo-releases-names-of-priest-accused-of-sexual-abuse\/catholic-diocese-abuse-map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?fit=1016%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1016,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catholic Diocese Abuse Map\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?fit=1016%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24661\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?resize=398%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?resize=768%2C475&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Catholic Diocese of Buffalo<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycatholic.org\/news\/article\/featured\/2018\/03\/20\/103017\/diocese-releases-list-of-priests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has released the names<\/a> of more than a dozen priests who were accused of sexual abuse over the years, including a handful who served in Chautauqua County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Buffalo Diocese, in addition to a report from attorneys from <strong>Anderson Advocates<\/strong>, priests who served in the Chautauqua County area who were accused of abuse include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Martin Pavlock<\/strong>, a Jamestown native who represented at least 12 Western New York parishes from 1966 through 2002;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Chester Stachewicz<\/strong>, who was an associate pastor of St. James Catholic Church in Jamestown in the late 70s and early 80s;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Donald Fafinski<\/strong>, who was appointed pastor of St. John\u2019s Church of Jamestown in the fall of 1991;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>John Hajduk<\/strong>, who served as a deacon of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>James Spielman<\/strong>, a Buffalo native, came to the Jamestown to serve at ss peter and paul form 1987 to 1989;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Mark Frie<\/strong>l, who served as pastor of SS Peter and Paul Church in Jamestown;<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Thomas Kemp<\/strong>, who served as pastor of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church of Frewsburg in the early to mid 70s;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Francis Hogan<\/strong>, who served as pastor of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Cassadaga in the mid to late 40s;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Joseph Friel<\/strong> was pastor of St. Patrick\u2019s Church in Randolph. He became pastor in 1977;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>James Cotter<\/strong> who served at Our Lady of Lourdes in Bemus Point from 1966 to 1978;<\/li>\n<li>The Rev. <strong>Gerald Jasinksi<\/strong>, who served at St. John the Evangalist in Sinclairville in 1969;<\/li>\n<li>Fr. <strong>Loville Martlock<\/strong>, who served in both Sinclairville and Cherry Creek.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A document was released, telling more about the priests\u2019 histories and ordination years. You can read full report at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersonadvocates.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.andersonadvocates.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has released the names of more than a dozen priests who were accused of sexual abuse over the years, including a handful who served in Chautauqua County. According to the Buffalo Diocese, in addition to a report from attorneys from Anderson Advocates, priests who served in the Chautauqua County area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":24661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[8260,8259,8250,8251,8256,8262,8258,8253,8252,8257,8261,8254,8249,4809,8255],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Catholic-Diocese-Abuse-Map.jpg?fit=1016%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-6pK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47760,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/catholic-diocese-of-buffalo-agrees-to-settlement-in-lawsuit-by-nys\/","url_meta":{"origin":24660,"position":0},"title":"Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Agrees to Settlement in Lawsuit by NYS","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and New York Attorney General Letitia James have agreed to settle the lawsuit brought against the Diocese in November 2020 related to the past handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations. 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