Fr. Edward N. Leroux
Parish priest, police chaplain, fire association chaplain. Alleged to have molested a boy in his early teens 50 times over a two-year period in the late 1960s. The Diocese learned of the allegations in 1992, yet kept Leroux in ministry. He retired in 1996. He was removed active ministry in 6/2002 and died 1/16/2005. Lawsuits were filed by at least three men claiming abuse by Leroux in the late 1970s-early 1980s; they settled with Diocese at mediation in 2/2005. Included on the Diocese’s list of accused in 11/2015. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/2019 sexually abusing a boy, age 16, in 1956. Per the suit, the boy told then-seminarian Howard Hubbard about the abuse, and Hubbard responded, “forget about” it. Hubbard denied the the man’s claims about him.
- Post-Star 04.27.56
- Times Record 04.18.61
- Troy Record 02.06.63
- Glens Falls Times 11.14.67
- Times Record 09.26.69
- Albany Times Union 06.29.02
- Legacy.com 01.18.05
- Albany Times Union 01.31.05
- Albany Times Union 02.28.05
- Albany Times Union 10.02.05
- Diocese of Albany List 11.18.15
- Albany Times Union 11.04.19
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