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Two alleged victims of clergy sex abuse on Monday described the decision to reinstate a retired priest accused of having two boys masturbate in front of him back in the 1960s as a "blatant" example of the Albany Diocesan Misconduct Board's inability to eradicate corruption, immorality and pedophilia within the church. The Albany Diocese's over-the-phone announcement on Friday of the clearing of Rev. Louis Douglas for a third time came just one day before the Albany Diocese reinstated Schenectady priest Rev. Alan Jupin and removed Troy priest Rev. James McNerney amid allegations he sexually abused a minor in the 1980s....

Eleven days after the Rev. Louis Douglas was returned to ministry, three people came forward Wednesday and said they want the investigation reopened into sexual abuse allegations against the priest. Timothy Sawicki of Schenectady and Pamela Brace and Marcia Preusser of Albany said in a letter made public Wednesday that their concerns about Douglas' sexual misconduct were not heard by the diocesan Sexual Misconduct Review Board that cleared him. They asked that the panel meet with them to gather additional information that demonstrates Douglas "is a danger to children." Attorney John Aretakis, who represents Sawicki, also released a statement from...