The pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham.

A fifth lawsuit has accused retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany of alleged sexual abuse.

Catholic schools and faith formation programs nationwide have had age-appropriate sexual abuse awareness training since soon after the U.S. bishops adopted the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" in 2002.

Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the United States and, in New York state alone, more than 3,000 inmates are isolated in 6-by-10 cells for over 23 hours a day.