
Retired Albany Bishop, Accused of Covering Up and Committing Abuse, Has Died
Bishop Hubbard led the Diocese of Albany from 1977 to 2014.
Bishop Hubbard led the Diocese of Albany from 1977 to 2014.
Bishop Hubbard wrote about his laicization request in a statement Nov. 18.
'While we never condoned, ignored or took lightly sexual abuse of minors, we did not respond as quickly, as knowledgeably and as compassionately as we should have, and for that I am sincerely sorry,' Bishop Emeritus Hubbard wrote in 2021.
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