Bishop Lennon Will Not Appeal Vatican Decree, Churches to Reopen

CLEVELAND (OH)
Fox 8

April 17, 2012, by Dan Jovic

The head of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, Bishop Richard Lennon, announced on Tuesday that he is not appealing a decree issued by the Vatican that reopened 12 area parishes closed in 2009 and 2010 as part of a consolidation plan.

Lennon had the chance to appeal to the Catholic Apostolic Signatura, but ultimately chose not to.

At a press conference Lennon declared that, “It’s time for peace and unity in the Diocese of Cleveland.”

Lennon stated that the appeal process would have been painstaking.

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