WORCESTER (MA)
Telegram & Gazette
By Gary V. Murray TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
gmurray@telegram.com
WORCESTER — A lawyer for the Diocese of Worcester asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against church officials by a gay couple alleging the two men were denied the right to buy diocesan property in Northbridge because of their sexual orientation.
The request was made during a Worcester Superior Court hearing at which the couple’s lawyer asked Judge Richard T. Tucker to find, as a matter of law and without the necessity of a trial, that they were the victims of unlawful discrimination.
Judge Tucker took both motions under advisement.
The civil lawsuit alleges the diocese backed out of the real estate deal in 2012 because the men were gay and church officials feared they might hold same-sex weddings on the property.
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