MASSACHUSETTS
The Republic
JAY LINDSAY Associated Press
First Posted: May 22, 2012 – 5:54 pm
BOSTON — The Vatican has rejected the appeals of all six groups in the Boston Archdiocese who argued that the church buildings at their closed parishes should be reopened years after the archdiocese shut them down.
The decisions, handed down over the last two months, came after the Vatican granted similar appeals to parishioners from several other closed parishes, including in New York and Pennsylvania.
Those recent wins had Sean Glennon, a parishioner at Mary, Star of the Sea in Quincy, hopeful about their appeal. On Tuesday, he was puzzled why none of the Boston-area parishes prevailed.
“It’s just very disconcerting, and it’s very disappointing,” he said.
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