Deadly Diocese

About Deadly Diocese

Driven by Father Joe’s twin sister’s unwavering determination to get justice for her brother, an unlikely friendship with an outcast Priest and the autopsy tech who alongside the famous Dr. Cyril Wecht, exhume the body, perform a second autopsy and find disturbing evidence that should prove this could not have been a suicide. From the creators of Seven Deadly Sinners comes a podcast investigating a True Cold Case, Hosts and Producers Rachael O’Brien and Greg Hunter work along side Father Joe’s twin sister Sue and former autopsy tech, Joe Wedge, to expose the Diocese for what it really is - Deadly. For years the Buffalo Diocese has been covering up abuse, hiding money, exploiting children and adult men alike - This podcast investigates, boots on the ground in Buffalo, and unravels the cover up of the mysterious death of Father Joe Moreno.

Publisher

Deadly Diocese

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Dec 2022

Latest episode

8 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 29 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   S2 Ep11: The Last Pope of All Time: The End of Vatican II

   Is Pope Leo XIV leading a rebirth—or presiding over the end of a 2,000-year-old tradition? Deadly Diocese unpacks the scandals, secrets, and struggles facing the Catholic Church today.

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   29 May 2025

   S2 Ep10: An Interview with Captain Gene Gomulka - Part 2

   Captain Gene Gomulka, former deputy chaplain, explains the grooming process of alter boys and seminarians by Catholic Church elders, revealing the reasons for its continued existence in this interview.

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   2 May 2025

   S2 Ep9: Captain Gene Thomas Gomulka

   Retired Navy Captain Gene Thomas Gomulka discusses his work as a sex abuse victims’ advocate, his experiences exposing clerical sex abuse, and his views on accountability within the Catholic Church in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

S2 Ep11: The Last Pope of All Time: The End of Vatican II

Published 8 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] As the digital revolution removes the magic of the unknown with artificial intelligence and instantaneous answers on touchscreens, the side effect of information technology integrating into our self-reliance is a lack of faith. A receding pool of the population that can drive anywhere by memory rather than following their GPS. The last generation that grew up without Google solving questions that didn't need to be answered. Leaving our imaginations to wonder and contemplate the unknown. Honing a difficult skill. Trusting you don't need to have the answer. A small discipline of faith that illuminates the mystery of life. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

609 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

401 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

7

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

66