ALLENTOWN (PA)
Diocese of Allentown
October 13, 2019
For three straight days this week, The Morning Call newspaper has published articles claiming that the Diocese of Allentown has $323 million in property in the Lehigh Valley.
That is wrong.
For three straight days, the implication of these website articles has been that the Diocese could have sold this property to raise cash, but has chosen not to.
That also is wrong.
In one article, there is a list of “Highest-value Allentown Diocese parcels.” Most of them are thriving parishes like St. Thomas More, St. Joseph the Worker and St. Catharine of Siena. Others are thriving high schools like Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Notre Dame. The implication? These are properties owned by the Diocese, and they could be sold.
Wrong again.
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