CLEVELAND (OH)
NBC 26
CLEVELAND (AP) – A lawyer who fought church cutbacks in the Cleveland area says the Vatican has taken the extraordinary step of overruling the closing of 13 parishes.
The move represents a rare instance in which Rome has reversed a U.S. bishop on church shutdowns.
Attorney Peter Borre says the Congregation of the Clergy ruled last week that Cleveland’s Bishop Richard Lennon failed to follow procedure in the closings three years ago.
The churches were among 50 shut down or merged by Lennon.
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