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Weeks after marrying a woman and seeking once again to leave the priesthood, former longtime Albany Roman Catholic Diocese Bishop Howard Hubbard died over the weekend.
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Facing numerous lawsuits over clergy abuse, the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese has filed for bankruptcy protection.
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A man who recently reached a settlement with the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese over child sexual abuse will come together for an usual meeting with Bishop Edward Scharfenberger on Sunday.
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Following an agreement in the New York State Assembly to pass the Adult Survivors Act, victims of sexual harassment and abuse say now they and others can finally have their day in court.
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On this week’s 51%, we speak with professors Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill about their new book, Confidence Culture, examining the prominence of confidence and self-help discourse in modern-day marketing, workplaces, relationships — and well, everywhere else. We also discuss a bill in the New York legislature that would give adult survivors of sexual assault the opportunity to look back and sue their abusers.
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. On Thursday, New York state lawmakers joined survivors in Westchester County to call attention to a bill that would give some adult survivors the opportunity to sue their abusers in court.
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The head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and the attorneys representing victims who filed child sex claims against the clergy are reacting to the release of a 2021 deposition by former longtime Bishop Howard Hubbard.
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The window of opportunity for victims of child sexual abuse to file a civil lawsuit against their alleged abuser in New York ends August 13. Survivors say…
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Supporters say a bill in the New York State legislature for adult survivors of sexual abuse that’s modeled after New York’s Child Victims Act has a good…
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An Albany woman has filed a sexual abuse suit against a Troy church.Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law in 2019. It opened a…