The Archdiocese of Boston raised $14.5 million in its 2007 Catholic Appeal fund drive, surpassing its $14 million goal and bringing it closer to levels it achieved before the clergy sexual abuse crisis. In 2000, the fund drive raised $17.2 million, but the intake plunged to $8.8 million in 2002, at the height of the abuse crisis.
In an effort to rebuild the archdiocese, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley has been increasing the goal by $1 million each year since his arrival in Boston in 2003.
Last year, the drive raised $13.8 million.
"The success of this year's appeal serves as yet another reminder of the deep faith and charity that exists within the people of this archdiocese," O'Malley said in a statement.
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