Bill In The News (Daily Gazette):
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese has invited Albany District Attorney David Soares to review the diocese’s records on sex abuse cases.
The letter from Scharfenberger came out on the same day state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced her office has established a hotline and online complaint form as part of the state’s ongoing investigation into clergy sex abuse in all eight New York state dioceses.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, however, lashed out at the idea of the state investigation focusing only on the church. READ MORE HERE