BUFFALO, N.Y. — 2 On Your Side has a clearer picture of how much money individual parishes are contributing to the $150 million Buffalo Catholic Diocese sex abuse settlement.
Parishes are responsible for $110 million, with $30 million coming from real estate proceeds and $80 million coming from a percentage of the cash they had on-hand as of last August. We now know more than 20 parishes have had their amounts adjusted ahead of the July 15 deadline.
As part of the lawsuit settlement, each parish in the Buffalo Catholic Diocese will pay 10 to 80-percent of the unrestricted cash they had on-hand as of last August. Parishes on the closure list are being asked to pay higher percentages…