Denver, Colo., May 10, 2021 / 14:00 pm
The Diocese of Buffalo is preparing to draft a plan for regrouping parishes, with a finalized plan due in September.
Bishop Michael Fisher told participants at a May 8 virtual meeting that the plan will include the creation of “families” of three to six parishes that work closely with each other to provide for the spiritual, sacramental and educational needs of parishioners, the Buffalo News reported.
The parish plan will then be implemented over the next three years
The Zoom meeting with Bishop Fisher was organized by the Movement to Restore Trust, a local group of lay Catholics founded in 2018 amid allegations of abuse cover-up by Bishop Richard Malone, Fisher’s predecessor.