PENNSYLVANIA
Daily Times
By PATTI MENGERS
pmengers@delcotimes.com
Officials in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are marketing St. Francis Country House in Darby for potential sale along with five other nursing homes and one assisted-living facility operated by Catholic Health Care Services in an effort to defray a multimillion-dollar operating deficit.
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said Tuesday he may also hire private contractors to manage and operate Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery in Upper Chichester, St. Michael’s Cemetery in Chester, SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Marple, eight other archdiocesan cemeteries and two sites targeted for future cemeteries in Bucks and Chester counties to try and save money.
“Our difficult financial situation must be addressed and the actions that we need to take may be painful ones. I understand this fact fully, but it is of critical importance that we rebuild our financial foundation so that we can continue our collective good works,” said Chaput in a prepared statement.
Audited financial statements published by the archdiocese in July revealed a $39.2 million operating deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, “as well as several very significant and ongoing balance sheet issues that measure in the hundreds of millions of dollars,” according to a press release.
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