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	Archdiocese Announces Layoffs By Robert Herguth The Business Journal April 11, 2008 http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/04/14/story4.html On financially treacherous ground because of the priest sexual abuse crisis, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee is laying off a large chunk of its work force to save more than $1 million, The Business Journal has learned. Roughly two dozen staffers out of the 150 now working directly for the archdiocese will lose their jobs starting May 2 -- and the impact on the Catholic faithful in the Milwaukee area could be substantial, especially in the short run. The layoffs are part of a larger effort to close a $3 million budget gap for this fiscal year, and balance the books for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts July 1. The archdiocese is in such straits because of huge legal settlements stemming from priest sex abuse claims. It still has its sprawling headquarters in St. Francis on the sale block in another effort to raise cash.
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