PHILADELPHIA (PA)
ABC News
PHILADELPHIA June 21, 2012 (AP)
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is cutting 45 jobs to address a $17 million deficit.
Archbishop Charles Chaput (SHAP’-yoo) says the budget gap is unrelated to the extraordinary legal costs incurred from criminal and civil priest-abuse cases.
The church will consolidate jobs in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, which now employs 244 people in more than 40 ministry programs and offices.
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