Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) The deadline is fast approaching for parishes in the Buffalo Diocese to pay a collective $80 million dollars toward the clergy abuse settlement.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Old First Ward is being asked to contribute $36,567 dollars to the settlement fund by July 15.
“We do not have that amount,” said Parishioner Roxanne Casey on WBEN Tuesday. “We are shy by five or seven thousand dollars and they’re asking on social media for donations toward the settlement.” She added, “It’s unbelievable. They’re trying to close our church.”…