21 Jun
Church cuts jobs amid Philadelphia child sex abuse trial
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The beleaguered Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, beset by criminal and civil lawsuits related to a child sex abuse scandal, said on Thursday it is bleeding money and will lay off 45 people and close its 117-year-old newspaper. Archbishop Charles Chaput said the 1.5 million member archdiocese faces a $17 million shortfall in [...]

