The second-in-command of the Buffalo Diocese in the early 1980s allegedly blamed a teenage boy who accused the Rev. Michael R. Freeman of sexually abusing him.
Monsignor Donald W. Trautman told the boy in a meeting at diocese headquarters that he should have avoided Freeman, who was assigned to St. Christopher Church in the Town of Tonawanda at the time, according to local attorney Steve Boyd.
https://buffalonews.com/2019/06/20/top-buffalo-diocese-official-allegedly-scolded-boy-who-accused-priest-of-abuse/
https://buffalonews.com/2019/06/20/top-buffalo-diocese-official-allegedly-scolded-boy-who-accused-priest-of-abuse/