Bishop Hubbard testified how the priests ‘admitted’ to him they had abused children before he sent them for ‘treatment.’ Many of them were subsequently reassigned to ministry afterwards.
The high court vacated an order upholding New York‘s abortion coverage mandate, which requires religious charities to fund abortions in their employee health insurance plans.
The Catholic Diocese of Albany has lost an appeals challenge to a 2017 New York regulation that mandates health insurance providers to cover the cost of 'medically necessary' abortions
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger wrote that 'it is inappropriate and confusing to the faithful to hold yourself out publicly as a Catholic while also promoting abortion.'