Former New York Bishop Howard Hubbard, Advocate for Social Justice, Dies at 84
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Former Bishop Howard Hubbard has been hospitalized at Albany Medical Center after suffering a stroke. Hubbard, who recently announced his marriage to a woman after an unsuccessful attempt to be removed from the priesthood, remains a retired Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and is not recognized as being in a valid marriage by the Church. Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger confirmed that the rules against marriage still apply to Hubbard, even though he cannot represent himself as a priest.
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