Cleveland Catholic Diocese receives official decrees from Vatican on church appeals

CLEVELAND (OH)
The Plain Dealer

By Michael O’Malley, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The official decrees reversing Bishop Richard Lennon’s closings of 13 Catholic parishes finally reached his desk today, the bishop acknowledged in a statement.

That means the clock began ticking today on a 60-day period for him to decide whether to appeal.

“The process to review these rulings will now be undertaken with my advisors,” the bishop wrote in a three-sentence statement posted on the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland’s web site.

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