CLEVELAND (OH)
WKYC
CLEVELAND — Bishop Richard Lennon announced at a Tuesday morning news conference that the Diocese will reopen a dozen closed churches.
The move comes after an analysis of Vatican decrees which determined that the bishop failed to follow church law in the closings.
Bishop Lennon had the option to reopen the churches or appeal further. He says the decision to reopen the churches was made to prevent prolonging the process and to allow the Diocese to unite. An additional appeal could have taken years.
He made clear that the parishes that appealed the closings had every right to do so under canon law and that he supported the process.
The impacted churches are:
•St. Mary (Akron)
•St. John the Baptist (Akron)
•St. Mary (Bedford)
•St. Adalbert (Cleveland)
•St. Barbara (Cleveland)
•St. Casimir (Cleveland)
•St. Emeric (Cleveland)
•St. Patrick (Cleveland)
•St. Peter (Cleveland)
•St. Wendelin (Cleveland)
•St. James (Lakewood)
•St. Mary (Lorain)
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