ALBANY (NY)
Albany Times Union
August 15, 2019
By Steve Hughes, Rachel Silberstein and Mike Goodwin
Claim included among first lawsuits filed as Child Victims Act goes into effect
Former Bishop Howard Hubbard is accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy during the 1990s, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The suit was among 427 claims filed across the state Wednesday on the first day of the newly enacted Child Victims Act. They name as defendants individuals and organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, Catholic dioceses and other religious groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has its world headquarters in Orange County.
The suit accusing Hubbard claims he and the Rev. Paul Bondi of St. Mary’s Parish in Ballston Spa abused a boy identified only by the initials P.R.
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