Fr Robert Vitillo is working in the country for Catholic charity Caritas Internationalis.
Speaking from the capital, Monrovia, he told Premier's News Hour: "Just this morning we had a meeting...with some of the Catholic Church organisations that could take care of children.
"They have no place to go; the family members are very often afraid to take them in.
"There have been over 800 deaths already confirmed [in Liberia], and perhaps another 1,000 which may have been caused by Ebola.
"Many people who are having their jobs considered non-essential are not working. Schools are closed. And so people do not have the salaries to provide for themselves and their family."
Fr Robert was speaking as world leaders and health officials meet in London to discuss how they can do more to help.
William Pooley, the British nurse who contracted Ebola while helping victims in Sierra Leone, has been addressing the Defeating Ebola Conference in London.
Of the 7,178 cases of cases recorded so far, 3,338 have died, setting the mortality rate at more than 50%.
The majority of these cases have been recorded in the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Britain's foreign secretary Philip Hammond has called for countries to increase financial aid and to provide more medical expertise, transport and supplies.
Fr Robert Vitillo, Caritas Internationalis said: