East Aurora, NY (WBEN) Just after Father Jeffrey Nowak was placed on administrative leave by Bishop Richard Malone, protesters headed to Christ the King Seminary where Malone was meeting with fellow clergy.
Parisi says he still believes in what the church is supposed to stand for.
She says the diocese is contemplating filing for bankruptcy. O'Connor hopes that does not happen. "That would be a cowardly attempt to avoid the discovery phase. There are also going to be new survivors coming out with their stories. They're being given a platform the church unfortunately is not giving them," says O'Connor.
For those who still have faith in Malone, O'Connor says, "I realize they're not convinced by all the facts, but I can only tell them as someone who knows him inside and out, he is not the man he portrays himself as. He tell you what you want to hear, but he's not following through on those promises," says O'Connor.