Buffalo Presbyter Charged with Child Pornography: Rotten Fruit of Conciliar Chaos
The National Catholic Register portal reports that “Father” Jeffrey Nowak of the Diocese of Buffalo has been arrested on federal charges of receipt and possession of child pornography, facing a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of twenty years in prison. The presbyter has been on “administrative leave” since 2019 following allegations of sexual harassment of a seminarian and “inappropriate contact with children.” The FBI reopened an investigation in March 2026, executing a search warrant on July 8 that allegedly uncovered child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices. The Diocese of Buffalo claims it was unaware of the federal investigation and states the presbyter has been on “permanent leave” since 2019. This sordid affair is not an aberration but the rotten fruit of the conciliar revolution that replaced the Sacerdotium of Christ with a clerical caste of functionaries devoid of supernatural grace.