Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger made a strong and confident claim about his diocese on Wednesday.

"I can say one thing with as much certainty as I can, that there is nobody that has been abusing in anyway that is in active ministry today," Scharfenberger said.

As the church faces its latest sex abuse scandal, many Catholics' faiths are shaken by the allegations.

"It's not only the horror of the sexual abuse, but it's also the abuse of power, that a person who someone goes to expected to be their spiritual father could do such a thing like this," Scharfenberger said.

Some parishioners are blaming church leaders for hiding decades of abuse. However, the bishop said he's in favor of an independent investigation.

"I was thinking for a long time of doing it internally, and I discussed this with my staff," the bishop said. "But I had problems about the concern of the optics and the credibility of that."

Last Thursday, the bishop says he turned over all the information he had to Albany District Attorney David Soares. The state attorney general's office subpoenaed seven New York dioceses that same day.

This week, Pope Francis made an unprecedented move, planning to call bishops from around the world to discuss clergy sex abuse in February. It's something Scharfenberger says needs to be brought in the spotlight.

"Some of the people problems we've had in the ship is from people on the ship, and our first reaction would be to throw them overboard," Scharfenberger said. "Maybe they deserve that, but we are also a church that looks for salvation and not condemnation."

The bishop says he is enocouraging people within the church who sees something to say something. He promises anyone who comes forward with a claim will be taken seriously.