The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.

Emeritus Bishop Howard Hubbard, 84, announced the decision in a statement Friday, the day the United Nations designated as the World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual ...

Bishop Howard Hubbard made the request as he faces numerous lawsuits under New York's Child Victims Act. Hubbard is accused of sexually abusing multiple children, which he has repeatedly denied ...

Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany has asked the Vatican to laicize him, claiming that Church policy prohibits him from publicly exercising his priestly functions while he is ...

Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard, who confessed to covering up clergy abuse, was accused of committing sexual abuse himself, and announced this month that he entered into a civil marriage ...

Bishop Howard Hubbard, the retired leader of the Diocese of Albany, New York, and now under investigation for both allegedly abusing children and covering up abuse done by others, was requesting ...

Update: Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard died Saturday. ALBANY — Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard, who recently married after he had asked the Vatican to remove him from the priesthood ...

Emeritus Bishop Howard Hubbard made the surprise announcement during a tumultuous time for the Albany diocese. It filed for bankruptcy this year after a surge of lawsuits from people who say they ...

The youngest American to be made a bishop, he died while still defending himself against allegations of sexual abuse. By Sam Roberts Howard J. Hubbard, a once lionized “street priest” who ...

COMMENTARY: After a retirement marked with scandal and shame, Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of Albany died Aug. 19. His funeral will be Aug. 25. Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of Albany died Aug ...

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. Bishop Emeritus Howard ...

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral mass for Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese Friday. Family, friends, and fellow clergy members packed the pews to honor ...