LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The Catholic Diocese of Lafayette is closing its adoption office and merging it with the one in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.
Diocese spokeswoman Blue Rolfes (RAHL-fuhs) tells The Advertiser that the office has handled only two adoptions over the past five years.
She says that’s part of a nationwide trend toward private adoption agencies.
The Lafayette diocese’s adoption office is called Catholic Social Services.
It is not connected with Catholic Services of Acadiana, which runs several homeless shelters, a diner for poor and homeless people and a center to help people in financial crisis.
Catholic Services of Acadiana executive director Kim Boudreaux says all of those services are continuing.
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Information from: The Advertiser, https://www.theadvertiser.com
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