A Mohawk Valley shrine built on the birthplace of the Roman Catholic Church's first Native American saint needs millions of dollars more in repairs than what was originally estimated.
Officials at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville tell the Daily Gazette repairs needed for the 85-year-old coliseum will cost an estimated $5 million, five times the original estimate made in 2013.
The Jesuit order has launched an international fundraising campaign that has brought in more than $2 million.
The shrine was built in 1930 on a hilltop overlooking the Mohawk River in Montgomery County, 35 miles northwest of Albany. The site was home to a Mohawk Indian village where Kateri Tekakwitha was born in the mid-17th century. The Vatican canonized her in 2012.
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