Vatican rules against potential All Saints' sale funds going toward diocese settlement

The Vatican has given some hope to Lockport Catholics that one of their churches may remain open.

Earlier this month, the Dicastery of Clergy in Rome reversed the Diocese of Buffalo’s decision to close All Saints on Church Street on the grounds of using funds from selling the property to fund its $150 million sexual abuse settlement. It ruled that such an action goes against canon law.

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