Another accuser comes forward, another priest name not on ‘the list’

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wayne Bortle stood before the Buffalo Diocese on a bright Friday morning to become the latest accuser of sexual abuse at the hands of local clergy.
For the past few weeks, it’s been people like Bortle that have forced the diocese to own up to decades of abuse and secrecy.
Bortle said he was 15 when he was abused by Father Robert Conlin, while Conlin was the pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Pavillion — in Genesee County.
Conlin was appointed pastor at