ALBANY (NY)
Times Union
August 14, 2019
By Steve Hughes and Mike Goodwin
A number of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse within the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese were filed Wednesday.
What follows is a list of some of the religious leaders and others who were accused of sexually abusing children:
Bishop Howard Hubbard, the former leader of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old parishioner at St. Mary’s Church in Ballston Spa in 1990s. A lawyer for Hubbard said the accusation is false.
Rev. Paul Bondi, former priest St. Mary’s Church Ballston Spa, accused of sexually abusing the same plaintiff as Hubbard when the plaintiff was between the age of 12 and 15.
Rev. Edward Pratt, a former priest at St. Catherine’s Center for Children, accused of grooming and sexually abusing a boy between the ages of 11 and 15 in the 1980s.
Rev. Joseph Romano, a former priest LaSalle School in Albany, accused of sexually abusing Steven Narbon when Narbon was between the ages of 15 and 16 in 1980 and 1981.
Brother Clement Murphy, an former administrator at St. Paul the Apostle Parish and School in Schenectady, accused of abusing a girl between the age of 7 and 10 between 1964 and 1967.
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