Albany diocese faces 33 new sexual abuse claims
ALBANY (NY)
Times-Union
July 22, 2020
By Brendan J. Lyons
More than 30 child sexual abuse complaints were filed Wednesday against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, including seven claims directed at a deceased Christian brother who had been assigned to Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbon High School in Schenectady in the 1960s and ’70s, according to the filings.
The Child Victims Act complaints were filed in state Supreme Court in Albany by two law firms, Jeff Anderson & Associates and LaFave Wein & Frament, that have now filed 107 lawsuits against the Albany Diocese.
“We are honored to stand with these survivors in their pursuit of truth and accountability,” Anderson said. “Until the diocese disgorges the secrets that it has kept hidden for decades, children remain at peril.”
The filings increase to eight the number of CVA complaints filed against deceased Brother Clement Adan Murphy, C.F.C., who worked at Notre…
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