Albany Diocese
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 - 9:11 pm
For four years, the name of a priest found responsible for sexually abusing minors has adorned the front of his parish's community center in the Delaware County village of Margaretville. Even after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany removed Robert H.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 24, 2014 - 4:07 pm
In an unusual move, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany condemned an obituary and mass for a former priest who died last week as "highly insensitive" to the people he is accused of sexually abusing while he was a minister.
Former priest Robert H. Purcell... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Jul. 24, 2014 - 3:40 pm
To the Editor:
A recent obituary for Robert Purcell of Roxbury has disturbed us deeply, primarily out of empathy and concern for persons who may have suffered as a result of sexual abuse by a member of the clergy. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 16, 2012 - 12:03 pm
Catholic priest Jeremiah Nunan, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Cairo and Our Lady of Knock Shrine in East Durham, has been suspended from ministry, while the Albany Diocese and the Greene County District Attorney investigate charges that he sexually... Read more
