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Suspended Albany priest indicted on child rape charges October 31, 2008

Father Gary Mecure, a priest permanently suspended by the Diocese of Albany in August amid child sex-abuse allegations, has been indicted on child rape charges by a Massachusetts grand jury. According to a lawsuit filed in May, Bishop Howard Hubbard was informed in 1994 of a homosexual relationship involving Mecure; the other man in the relationship reportedly showed Bishop Hubbard graphic photographs of a man whose image resembled Mecure. A diocese spokesman said the relationship was a ‘consensual adult relationship,’ and thus Father Mecure remained in parish ministry until 2008.

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• Troy priest indicted on rape charges involving young boys (Schenectady Gazette)
• Charges filed against defrocked Troy priest (Albany Times Union)
• Man sues priest, diocese (Glens Falls Post-Star, May 24)
• Priest barred from ministry (The Evangelist, Aug. 21)

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