Secrets about Catholic priest’s 1966 murder unearthed by reporters in Buffalo

Newly revealed police records threw open the long-dormant murder case of a Buffalo monsignor, and show evidence of a possible coverup. Monsignor Francis J. O’Connor’s body was found floating in Scajaquada Creek on March 13, 1966, and the following day detectives interviewed Robert Armbruster, a young reporter who had worked for the priest at the diocese newspaper and admitted to being physically attracted to him but had fantasized about hitting his head with an ax, reported The Buffalo News. “He admits that he has had homosexual inclinations toward the monsignor and has had occasions when he p…

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