MINNESOTA
LaCrosse Tribune
New questions about the way the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis handled allegations of clergy sexual misconduct are posing some financial concerns, including the potential for new legal expenses and a falloff in donations.
Minnesota Public Radio News reported ( http://bit.ly/1aFO9JA) some who track weekly church collections are worried media reports of how church leaders handled warnings about at least two priests could cause parishioners to give less.
Before these recent allegations came to light, the archdiocese was already concerned that a new law easing the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse would open the church up to more lawsuits _ and legal expenses.
The archdiocese’s finances have been under heightened scrutiny in recent years, mostly due to the nearly $1 million it spent between 2010 and 2012 on a failed campaign to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
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