MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Bill Catlin St. Paul, Minn. Nov 9, 2014
The Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is planning a 20 percent budget cut and layoffs in its central office.
A statement on the archdiocese website states that centralization of services in recent years led to unsustainable growth in spending, and that its budget is unsustainable regardless of unexpected legal and outside professional fees.
Last month the archdiocese settled a major clergy sex abuse lawsuit with undisclosed financial terms.
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