MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Will Ashenmacher
washenmacher@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 11/08/2014
The centralized offices of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will see their budget cut by 20 percent, starting this month. That will include at least some cuts to lay staff.
A statement from the archdiocese issued Saturday afternoon avoided any implication that the settlement the archdiocese recently struck with sex abuse victims was responsible for the move, which the archdiocese hopes will save its Chancery Corporation $5 million. Both the attorney for the sex abuse victims and the archdiocese have said the financial terms of the settlement, which was announced Oct. 13, will remain confidential.
In the statement, the Rev. Charles Lachowitzer said budgets and staff had grown over the past several years and needed to be cut back.
“Even without including unanticipated legal and other outside professional fees, our current operational budget is unsustainable,” Lachowitzer said.
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