Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany has laid out a timeline for what he described as a ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese in Albany has reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to contend with the financial fallout of hundreds of child sexual abuse lawsuits it faces. “The decision to ...

ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany may close up to one-third of its buildings, due to a “financial and maintenance crisis,” Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger said in a letter sent ...

Bishop Howard Hubbard speaks to the Times Union on his last official day as the Bishop of the Albany Diocese Wednesday afternoon April 9, 2014. Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard.

State Sen. Pat Fahy speaks during a press conference denouncing plans by President Donald Trump that will make it harder for ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany quietly reached a $750,000 settlement agreement last month with a 47-year-old upstate man who accused a former priest of sexually abusing him as a child.

He said in his announcement that the Albany Diocese could take several years for the sexual abuse lawsuits it is facing to be adjudicated, which could stretch the process into his 90s.

The Diocese of Albany, New York, will undertake a planning initiative in response to a diocesan “financial and maintenance crisis” that the bishop says could result in the closure of ...

A file photo shows a cross and Jesus' name on a pillar in the church at Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y. The Diocese of Albany, N.Y., has put "on hold" parish celebrations of the ...