Accused and removed Catholic priest now a Lutheran church organist

[trotsky]

http://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/accused-and-removed-catholic-priest-now-a-lutheran-church-organist/71-531103033

BUFFALO, N.Y. — One of the 42 Buffalo Catholic Diocesan priests removed from ministry after allegations of sexual abuse of a minor is now serving as a church organist.

Rev. David Bialkowski served for years at St. John Gualbert in Cheektowaga. It is where many of his alleged victims claim they were abused by him.

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Attorney Kevin Stocker represents some of the victims who claim they were abused by Bialkowski. "I called the local police department and the council men and women an advised them of what he had been accused of and I talked to the minister of that church and said he had an obligation to tell the congregation of what this person was accused of so that other children didn't become harmed by it."

He also spoke with someone at the Lutheran church. "I said if you don't advise the mothers and fathers of the children, I said you're going to have blood on your hands for not doing what's right."

[Xipe Totec]

1. All this, and still wants to play with his organ. nt

[Freddie]

2. At my Lutheran church

Anyone who has any dealing whatsoever with children has to have a background check. Is the church negligent here or did his crime somehow not show up on a background check?

[marylandblue]

3. According to the article, he wasn't convicted of a crime

So he wouldn't show up on a sex offender registry. Assuming he could produce references who didn't know what he had done, what else could the church have done?

[Act_of_Reparation]

4. So a pederast now makes a living playing the... ahem... organ.