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Retired Albany Bishop Hubbard says he has ‘never sexually abused anyone’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 17, 2019
Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany said in a statement Aug. 16 he “never sexually abused anyone” and is taking a voluntary leave of absence from the Diocese of Albany to deal with the allegations.
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Clerical abuse scandal makes headlines this week across US
- Church in the US
- Aug 16, 2019
In addition to a tidal wave of clergy abuse related lawsuits this week, three U.S. bishops are under investigation.
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Vaccines preserve ‘moral health’ of communities, say church experts
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jun 19, 2019
In early May, the first confirmed case of the measles was reported in the Albany Diocese. Albany Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger said: “We have a responsibility not only to protect our own health and that of our dependents, but also the community” through vaccinations.
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New York religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- May 14, 2019
Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the United States and, in New York state alone, more than 3,000 inmates are isolated in 6-by-10 cells for over 23 hours a day.
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N.Y. high school students help prepare taxes through volunteer program
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Mar 23, 2019
Student volunteers help low-income people file their tax returns saving them money.
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Bishop says N.Y. abortion bill is ‘Death Star’ that must not become law
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jan 21, 2019
Albany’s Catholic bishop has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop the “Death Star” as he called a bill in the state Legislature to expand current state law on abortion that has the full backing of Cuomo, a Catholic.
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