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25 Aug

Righteousness in mind at Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard’s funeral

AMEARA DITSCHE0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, News, OtherBishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard, Child Victims Act, Edward Scharfenberger, Howard Hubbard, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

LOUDONVILLE -- A collection of memories on poster boards greeted those arriving for Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard’s funeral on Friday, held at St. Pius X Church in Loudonville.Sepia-tinged 1940s family photographs featuring the retired bishop alongside his sister Joan and recent snaps with friends dotted the boards outside of the chapel. Some cried, some took in all 84 years represented by the photos. Family members, friends, local and traveling Catholics, gathered on Friday to commemorate the life of Albany’s longest serving bishop. Hubbard died Aug. 19 following a stroke. The pews at the church in Loudonville were packed with community members there to pay their respects. “It…

01 Aug

Former Albany diocese bishop Howard Hubbard marries

CHAD ARNOLD0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, Local Newsbishop, bishop emeritus, Catholic Church, child victim act, Edward Scharfenberger, Howard Hubbard, Roman Catholic church, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

ALBANY — Howard Hubbard, the bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany who has come under fire in recent years for his handling of child sexual abuse cases and has faced several accusations of his own, announced Tuesday that he married a “wonderful woman” last month after the Vatican denied his request to return to civilian life earlier this year. Hubbard, in a letter addressed to “colleagues and friends,” said he had “fallen in love with a wonderful woman who has helped and cared for me and who believes in me” in a civil ceremony back in July.…