Two men allege abuse at former St. Teresa of Avila School in 1970s

ALBANY (NY)
Albany Times Union

By BRENDAN J. LYONS, Senior writer

Published 08:41 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012

ALBANY — Two men who attended a former Catholic elementary school in Albany allege they were sexually abused there by a longtime school custodian when they were 12 and 13 years old.

The accusations, which were not made public by the diocese, were first leveled last year against Eugene Hubert Jr., who worked as a janitor at the former St. Teresa of Avila school on New Scotland Avenue in the 1970s, when the alleged abuse took place.

Hubert died in 1997 at the age of 54. His last known residence was in Warrensburg, Warren County. The allegations are under investigation by the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. The Albany Roman Catholic Diocese said it also has launched an internal investigation.

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