Albany (NY)
The Times-Union
Files show Hubbard knew of concerns about cleric’s conduct before he assigned him to Albany
By ANDREW TILGHMAN, Staff writer
First published: Friday, February 28, 2003
BOSTON — Bishop Howard Hubbard assigned a priest to churches in the Albany Diocese throughout the 1980s after the priest was forced to leave a Boston parish under a cloud of concerns about his relationships with young boys, newly released internal documents of the Boston Archdiocese revealed Thursday.
Hubbard was in regular contact with Auxiliary Bishop Thomas of Boston in 1978 and 1979 as church officials wrestled with how to handle the concern about the Rev. Dozia Wilson’s alleged sexual abuse of children. Hubbard and Daily exchanged letters, spoke by phone and met in person about Wilson, according to his 280-page personnel file released under a Massachusetts court order.
Wilson was ordained in the Albany Diocese in 1972, served at Sacred Heart parish in Albany and spent three years in Boston before returning to his home diocese for a decade. He left the priesthood in 1993.
In a handwritten note to Cardinal Humberto Medeiros in 1978, Daily said: “I spoke to Bishop Hubbard on 11/15 in Washington, D.C. He is appreciative of everything we can do for Father Wilson. … I told him I would keep him informed.”
