Former Auxiliary Bishop Grosz withdraws from active ministry amid investigation into abuse allegations

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BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Former Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Grosz is stepping down from active ministry amid an investigation into an allegation of abuse against him.

An individual alleged that he was assaulted by Grosz in 1990.

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Bishop Grosz, 76, retired in March 2020, but still performed limited sacramental ministries.

According to a statement from the Diocese of Buffalo, Grosz has “voluntarily agreed to withdraw from active ministry and not to exercise any priestly or episcopal office pending further investigation.”

“Bishop Grosz denied ever having mistreated an individual, whether adult or minor,” the statement added.

The Bishop of Buffalo Michael W. Fisher has informed the Metropolitan Archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and is in the process of informing the appropriate congregations of the Holy See, as well as the Pontifical Nuncio in Washington, DC , Archbishop Christophe Pierre.

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