In Rare Move, Retired Albany Bishop Files for Personal Bankruptcy After Pension Verdict

Aaron Lynett
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger speaks to members of the media following the resignation of Bishop Richard Malone, during a press conference at the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo on Dec. 4, 2019, in Buffalo, New York.

The filing follows a civil trial in which a jury found the former bishop and other officials personally liable for the collapse of a pension fund serving employees of a Catholic hospital in Schenectady, New York.

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