Former Nashville Catholic Bishop Edward Kmiec has been named in a sweeping lawsuit filed in New York by 22 plaintiffs alleging the Diocese of Buffalo systematically covered up sexual abuse of minors by pedophile priests.
Kmiec served as Bishop of the New York diocese between 2004 and 2012. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Nashville between 1992 and 2004. He is now retired.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/08/20/former-nashville-catholic-bishop-edward-kmiec-named-ny-sex-abuse-lawsuit/2060780001/
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