Report: Vatican revokes Buffalo bishop’s imposition of abuse assessment on parish
August 24, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The Dicastery for the Clergy reportedly revoked the bishop of Buffalo’s imposition of an assessment on a parish’s assets to help fund a $150-million diocesan abuse settlement.
“The Dicastery holds that there is no licit means by which the Diocesan Bishop can involuntarily require the alienation of such a large percentage of the patrimony of the juridic person of a parish,” the dicastery reportedly stated. The dicastery’s decision was announced on the Facebook page of the group Save Holy Apostles Parish.
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