NY Archdiocese lays off workers to pay for Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal

NY Archdiocese lays off workers to pay for Catholic Church sex abuse scandal and more may have to go | The Archdiocese of New York is laying off workers — and says more staff may have to go — to help pay for the Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal.

The cash-strapped Church already previously announced the sale of the archdiocese’s Cardinal Cooke headquarters building in Midtown.

“Such decisions are never easy, but the current financial crunch the archdiocese faces, and the upcoming move to our new offices in 2025, make this the appropriate time to make some tough decisions,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote in a letter to archdiocese faithful this month in announcing the layoffs.

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