Cleveland parishes celebrate reopening decision

CLEVELAND (OH)
WKSU

by WKSU’s KEVIN NIEDERMIER
and M.L. SCHULTZE

A dozen churches in the Cleveland Catholic diocese will be reopening. Bishop Richard Lennon announced at a press conference this morning that he will not appeal a rare Vatican decision overruling his decision to close those churches along with some three-dozen others.

The bishop of the Cleveland Catholic diocese is reopening a dozen churches he shut down over the past three years. But he says it could be months before some of those churches will hold services again.

Bishop Richard Lennon announced at a press conference this morning that he will not appeal a rare Vatican decision overruling his church closures.

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