BUFFALO, N.Y. — Days after the Diocese of Buffalo released a list naming more than 40 priests accused of sexual abuse, Bishop Richard Malone apologized on behalf of victims.

Within hours, another man came forward, saying he, too, was a victim of abuse.

Flanked by members of his family in front of the Catholic Center, Wayne Bortle recounted he painful memories an incident with a pastor when he was as a teenager, and telling his mother what happened.

"I said, 'Mom he was touching me everywhere, and he wouldn't stop.'"

Bortle says Fr. Robert P. Conlin abused him when Conlin was the pastor at St. Mary's Parish in Pavilion, Genesse County. Bortle says he gained the courage to go public after seeing others do the same thing in recent weeks. Setting an example for his kids also serves as motivation.

"I talked to them about standing up for themselves, standing up for others," Bortle said. "I didn't do that when it happened to me and there's probably other kids that it happened to."

Conlin died in 1997. His name is absent from the list of 42 priests accused of sexual abuse that the Buffalo Diocese released this week.  

"If you were in any other place, and you found out that a man had abused a 15-year-old boy, that man would be in jail and he'd be a registered sex offender." said Bortle's sister, Amy Jo Griffith of Clarence Center.

Bortle spoke out just hours after Bishop Malone apologized on behalf of the diocese to those who had been abused.

In his weekly YouTube address, Malone says the list may have triggered feelings of distress and betrayal in the victims. He says the church feels much the same way and reasserts his commitment to make the Catholic Church across Western New York the safest possible environment for young people.

He also encourages anyone who might have been a victim to contact the diocese’s victim assistance coordinator, Jackie Joy, by phone at 703-895-3010. They can also submit information via a dedicated website the diocese established this week.

"I want to encourage each of you to keep the faith, which I know right now might be pretty strained. The Diocese of Buffalo is committed to correcting the mistakes and sins of the past while we continue to assist victims," he says.