Teacher at Buffalo seminary charged with threatening reporter who investigated church
A teacher at a Catholic seminary in Buffalo, N.Y. has been arrested and charged with cyberstalking after he allegedly made a series of threats against an investigative reporter whose work focused on the ongoing scandal surrounding the handling of sex abuse claims against local clergy.
Paul E. Lubienecki, 62, of Hamburg, N.Y., is an adjunct professor at Christ the King Seminary within the Diocese of Buffalo, which recently announced that the seminary will “cease operations” at the end of the current academic year amid financial troubles.
On the same day that announcement was made, Lubienecki allegedly called Charlie Specht, an investigative reporter for local ABC affiliate WKBW who had first reported on the alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints at the seminary, and left him a message in which he threatened to kill him.
“You must be so happy the seminary is closing. It’s fraudulent reporting that is the reason for that,” Lubienecki allegedly told Specht in a voicemail obtained by ABC News. “You’re a bad person. I know where you live in [town]. I’m gonna find you. I’m gonna kill you.”
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