Buffalo, N.Y., Aug 27, 2018 / 03:01 am
Adoption and foster services through Catholic Charities of Buffalo are ending because state rules do not allow the agency to maintain its practice of only placing children in homes with a mother and a father.
"Because Catholic Charities cannot simultaneously comply with state regulations and conform to the teaching of the Catholic Church on the nature of marriage, Catholic Charities will discontinue foster care and adoption services," Catholic Charities of Buffalo said Aug. 23.
The Catholic Charities affiliate said it cannot follow state requirements that require contracting agencies to allow same-sex couples to foster and adopt children. It cited Catholic teaching recognizing marriage as a union of a woman and a man.
Adoption services were one of the first services provided by Catholic Charities when it was founded almost 95 years ago.