The Archdiocese of St. John’s says the property sales process in the metro region is almost complete and the restructuring of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation is being developed.
The church has been forced to sell properties to pay for sex abuse claims stemming from the abuse suffered by those at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s.
In a letter to parishioners, Archbishop Peter Hundt says that rural areas are now having to make the decisions that the greater St. John’s area faced earlier this year, as the sales process and parish amalgamation plans wrap up.
At the Archdiocesan level, a new corporate structure is set to be implemented to start the new year.
The Archbishop says they hope the claims process will be completed by this time next year.