Del. Sex Abuse Settlement Causing Problems for Catholic School

A 125-year-old Wilmington school is closing at the end of the school year as part of the fallout from a settlement between the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and alleged victims of priest sexual abuse.

St. Paul School on North Van Buren Street is losing the financial support it relies on from the Catholic Diocese Foundation, which his being liquidated to help pay the settlement
reached last week.

The inner-city school, which serves children from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, also suffers from declining enrollment. The number of students has dropped from 243 to 128 in the last decade.
 

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