“You’re breaking up these parish communities, which are basically the heart of the diocese,” Craig E. Speers said. “That’s totally counterproductive. There’s no justification for that. Zero.”
About a third of the 160 parishes in the Buffalo Diocese will likely soon be merged into other parishes, under a plan announced Tuesday by Bishop Michael W. Fisher.
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