Bishop of Buffalo Michael William Fisher announced, in conjunction with the Movement to Restore Trust, how the diocese will be looking to help move the clergy forward following years of sexual abuse cases. Those cases lead to the declaration of bankruptcy last February, WKBW.com reported. "There are issues that we need to confront in the days and weeks ahead and that is something that I cannot do alone," Bishop Fisher said. The Bishop says those issues will be confronted through new initiatives. The diocese will group parishes together in "families" looking to increase participation and changing the way Catholic education is done. What was not address, was how the diocese will assure the clergy that the sexual abuse and resulting cover ups will never happen again. "They spent all of this time trying to establish a road to renewal and to build trust when they still haven't done anything to address the problem that put them in this very place," Kevin Koscielniak, founder of Buffalo Survivors Group, said.
