Inside the "filthy disgusting den" of a meth-fueled Diocese of Buffalo priest

Inside the "filthy disgusting den" of a meth-fueled Diocese of Buffalo priest Prosecutors say Fr. Jeffrey Nowak shared child sexual abuse images online I have been a working journalist for 15 years, with most of that time spent as an investigative reporter looking into shady things. But I have never attended a court hearing like the one I covered Monday afternoon. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo priest Jeffrey Nowak shuffled into the courtroom wearing a large blue prison-issue jumpsuit stamped with NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL on the back. He was handcuffed and shackled for the detention hearing that followed his arrest a few days earlier on federal child pornography charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Mango then gave U.S. District Judge Michael J. Roemer some insight into the FBI’s search of Nowak’s residence in Lackawanna last week. He started with the fact that Nowak’s home is directly across the street from Global Concepts Charter School and is down the block from a fine arts learning center …