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Ultimatum sent in bishop probe Albany -- Investigation leader rejects "town meeting" with attorney, offers last chance to meet Mary Jo White gave John Aretakis a polite ultimatum Tuesday to basically put up or shut up by Thursday, or she will have to conclude "regretfully" that he has declined to participate in her investigation of Bishop Howard Hubbard. White's declaration is the latest in an unusual series of public missives between the former federal prosecutor and the combative lawyer whose clients' claims of sexual misconduct prompted the probe of the longtime church leader. Last week, White declined Aretakis' request to...

Hubbard probe lacks testimony of accusers Albany -- Mary Jo White calls on lawyer, clients to respond to her requests for statements in inquiry A probe into alleged misconduct by Bishop Howard Hubbard has yielded "substantial and significant information" from more than 200 supporters and critics of the church leader but nothing from the lawyer who sparked the inquiry, Mary Jo White said Monday. The former federal prosecutor hired in February by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany to conduct the investigation said she hasn't spoken with attorney John Aretakis or his clients. "Mr. Aretakis was the first person we...