Churches ask Bishop to comply with Vatican decree

CLEVELAND (OH)
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• By: Deb Lee, newsnet5.com

CLEVELAND – Three of the 13 Catholic churches whose closings were overruled by the Vatican are asking Bishop Richard Lennon for a swift resolution.

In a letter to the Bishop, St. Patrick, St. James, and St. Casimir Churches asked that as soon as possible:

“That all of the property and the use of all of the assets of the parish belonging to it prior to March, 2009, be given back;

That in accordance with canon 535 the records and the parochial seals be transferred to the parish seat;

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