CANADA
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Kevin Bissett, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published Thursday, May 2, 2013
MONCTON, N.B. — The archbishop of a Roman Catholic diocese in New Brunswick says he has been forced to sell assets and reduce staff in order to cover the costs of about $5 million in compensation to people who allege they were sexually abused by priests.
The number of employees within the Moncton Catholic diocese will be cut to 14 from 20 and the diocese will sell its office and a vacant piece of land, both in Dieppe, Archbishop Valery Vienneau said Thursday.
Vienneau said the office, which costs about $60,000 per year to operate, will be appraised and the diocese will seek a fair market price for it.
“We’re not going to sell it at a sacrifice price,” Vienneau said.
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