sexual abuse

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has placed another priest on administrative leave amid an investigation into alleged clergy sexual misconduct.

A 74-year-old Catholic bishop in New York has stepped down from public ministry after being accused of sexual abuse.

Federal investigators looking into clergy sexual misconduct collected documents from the Diocese of Buffalo in June but have not been in contact since then, the diocese said.

Authorities say a former upstate New York sheriff's deputy used his authority to seek out troubled young men for sexual relationships and killed to keep his behavior a secret.

A karate teacher has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a 14-year-old student last month.

A federal prosecutor says there could be more criminal charges brought against the leader of a purported self-help group who's accused of forcing women into having unwanted sex.

St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York is rescinding an honorary degree bestowed to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who's accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with minors and adult seminarians.

A Floyd man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a child.

The Roman Catholic bishop of Buffalo, New York, on Sunday rejected calls to resign over his handling of sexual abuse allegations against priests, saying: the "shepherd does not desert the flock" in difficult times.

A 43-year-old man who ran an upstate New York music studio has admitted sexually abusing a little girl by indulging in a foot fetish.