Vatican voids eight parish payments in abuse settlement

The Vatican has blocked the Diocese of Buffalo’s plan to use parish funds to help pay its $150 million sexual abuse settlement, ordering that money taken from eight parishes be returned.

In decrees issued by the Dicastery for the Clergy, Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher’s assessments for eight parishes were declared illicit under church law.

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