From CRUX:
The Diocese of Buffalo has said a priest who anonymously wrote to the Vatican to request an apostolic visitation to investigate into the state of the diocese “illustrates a lack of courage” with his decision to pen a letter and not go to Bishop Michael Fisher directly.
“The fact that an unnamed priest has authored a letter to the pope that cannot be responded to personally illustrates a lack of courage,” the diocese said in a Jan. 21 statement, noting that Fisher has encouraged collaboration with both laity and clergy since he arrived in 2021. “It is unfortunate that the author of the latter has not accepted the ongoing invitations of Bishop Fisher to priests to meet.”