On Saturday, Whitesboro native Ben Schrantz was one of two men ordained into the Catholic priesthood by the Most Reverend Douglas Lucia, Bishop of Syracuse.
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With the number of Catholic priests continuing to decline, clergy have had to take on more than one parish — sometimes two, three, four or more. Syracuse Catholic Diocese Bishop Douglas Lucia acknowledges those demands have affected the clergy.
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