Most say Catholic church ruling doesn’t affect St. Mary

LORAIN (OH)
Chronicle-Telegram

Filed by Chronicle-Telegram Staff March 9th, 2012

LORAIN — The former St. Mary Church is not among the churches whose closings and mergers have been overturned by the Vatican, according to most of those fighting to reverse decisions of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

A story in Thursday’s Chronicle-Telegram reported that St. Mary — now known as Mary, Mother of God Parish — was among those churches affected.

Patricia Schulte-Singleton, who leads the Endangered Catholics group, said the former St. Mary wasn’t among the 13 churches affected. Christine Schenk, with the group FutureChurch, also said that as far as she knew St. Mary wouldn’t be affected by the Vatican decisions.

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