Damned Pervert Priests - and other assorted Holy Scumbags

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^Transferring assets to prevent paying abuse victims. How very, very Christian.

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Buffalo priest arrested on child pornography charges

Buffalo, N.Y. — A priest, Jeffrey Nowak, 46, with the Diocese of Buffalo was arrested Wednesday and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York.

In March 2026 the FBI’s Child Exploitation Operational Unit received a referral from law enforcement in Scotland involving a Telegram group where members participated in Zoom calls during which child pornography was allegedly viewed and shared.

Investigators linked one participant with the username “PigBoy666” to Nowak, prosecutors said.

Authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday at Nowak’s home and seized multiple electronic devices, including a cellphone, laptop, iPad and USB storage device, as well as suspected narcotics, according to prosecutors. An initial review of the devices uncovered multiple folders containing videos of child pornography.

Nowak is set to appear in federal court Thursday, prosecutors said. If convicted of the charges against him, he faces between 5 and 20 years in prison.

https://13wham.com/news/local/buffalo-pr...ploitation

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Date fixed for Preliminary Enquiry in case of Derry priest charged with child sex offences

Edward Gallagher (59) of Orchard Park in Lifford, County Donegal had been charged with one count of attempted sexual communication with a child on dates between April 2 and April 17, 2025.

He also stands accused of seven further offences, including inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and causing a child to watch sexual activity on April 17 last year, as well as charges of possessing indecent images of children.

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/courts...es-8787231

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Philadelphia clergy members charged with sexual abuse and exploitation of minors

Pastor Bryan Jackson, senior pastor of Garden of Prayer, and Pastor Isaiah Banks, who stepped down from Second Pilgrim Baptist Church, are both facing charges in connection to the sexual abuse of minors. Banks had served as senior pastor at Second Pilgrim Baptist Church since 2017.

Bryan Jackson and Isaiah Banks face charges including criminal conspiracy, sexual abuse of children, sexual exploitation of children, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and criminal use of a communication facility. Both men were arrested, arraigned, and are now out on bail.

Philadelphia Police began investigating on April 8 after the Department of Human Services reported that Isaiah Banks allegedly solicited a minor to send sexually explicit videos in exchange for money or food. According to the District Attorney's Office, forensic evidence and interviews revealed that Banks and Jackson conspired to obtain explicit images from multiple victims.

The investigation found that Banks sent images to Jackson, who posed as a female to solicit content directly from the victim. Text messages from January 2026 showed both men discussing plans to obtain more explicit photos.

https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-...e-case.amp

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I’m sensing a pattern…

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Court filing alleges Vermont Catholic Church posed ‘ethical proposition’ to shield funds from abuse survivors

The Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese aimed to protect local parishes from priest misconduct lawsuits by placing their estimated $500 million of holdings into trusts, a recent job applicant alleges the state’s largest religious denomination’s past and current bishops asked if she’d help shelter more funds.

Utah resident Celeste Heinonen was interviewing for the diocese’s post of chief financial officer in 2020 when she felt “shocked” and “sick to my stomach” receiving the inquiry, she said in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court declaration filed this month in the church’s Chapter 11 protection case.

“Bishop Coyne then posed an ‘ethical proposition’ to me and asked if, as CFO, I would be willing to help the diocese prepare the necessary paperwork to ensure that if the diocese lost its lawsuits, there would not be assets left to satisfy the potential judgments,” she continued.

Heinonen said she was “non-committal in my response” and moved on to meet John McDermott, the diocese’s former second-in-command and now bishop after Coyne’s 2023 appointment as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn.

“McDermott asked how I felt about Bishop Coyne’s proposal, and explained to me that it was important for the diocese to protect its current parishioners and not let the past ‘sins of its fathers’ harm the current parishioners or the diocese,” Heinonen said.

The allegations come as attorneys for the church and clergy abuse claimants are set to fight in court over who should have access to the estimated half-billion dollars in local parish assets.

The diocese filed for Chapter 11 protection in the fall of 2024, arguing that a past series of priest misconduct settlements had reduced its highest-level holdings by half, to about $35 million.

But a committee representing more than 100 clergy abuse claimants has asked for authority to pursue the local parish assets placed in trusts 20 years ago.

“The diocese is disguising its ownership of hundreds of millions of dollars of assets by claiming that its parishes and high schools are unincorporated associations,” lawyers for the federally appointed committee wrote in a new court filing. “As a matter of law, the assets of these self-settled trusts are available to satisfy the claims of survivors against the diocese.”

The diocese — one of 44 U.S. Catholic entities to seek Chapter 11 protection — is trying to reorganize its depleting finances after paying $34.5 million to settle 67 clergy misconduct lawsuits in the past two decades, according to records, only to still face 119 more claims dating as far back as 1950.

https://vtdigger.org/2026/07/13/court-fi...survivors/