ALBANY (NY)
Newsday
September 3, 2005, 1:31 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Albany Roman Catholic Diocese exonerated one of its priests Friday from allegations of sexual misconduct on a former altar boy while at a camp in the 1970s.
An internal investigation found "no reasonable cause" for two allegations made against the Rev. Daniel Maher, pastor of Holy Cross Church in Albany, according to a release issued by the diocese.
Bishop Howard Hubbard said Maher will remain a priest in good standing with the diocese.
In May, Thomas Clements filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Saratoga County alleging that Maher raped him twice when he was an altar boy at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in West Albany.