PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 21, 2012|By David O’Reilly, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Facing a $17 million deficit in its operating budget, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Thursday closed its youth office, shut down its Hispanic evangelization center, ended publication of its monthly newspaper, and laid off 45 employees – 18 percent of the headquarters staff – as part of a massive restructuring.
The cuts, announced by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, come atop his shuttering of 27 schools and nine parishes since arriving in the five-county archdiocese in the fall.
Writing in his weekly column on the archdiocesan website about the latest reductions, he said he “took this action with great reluctance, as one of several urgently needed steps to restore our church to a healthy footing.”
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