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Parishioners vowed Sunday to continue fighting a decade-old battle to keep open the officially-closed Catholic church in North Scituate – despite Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s request that they accept a June ruling by the Vatican’s highest court that the Boston Archdiocese may sell the building.
By Jessica Trufant
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Aug. 4, 2014
SCITUATE – Two days after Cardinal Sean O’Malley asked parishioners to end their decade-long occupation at the closed St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, parishioners have again vowed not to leave.
In a July 29 letter, Cardinal O’Malley urged parishioners to end their occupation and comply with the Apostolic Signatura’s ruling that the Boston archdiocese may sell the building. The Apostolic Signatura is the Vatican’s highest court.
“The archdiocese did not take any action to disrupt the vigil during the continuance of the canonical appeal process,” Cardinal O’Malley wrote. “We participated in good faith, trusting that you were doing so as well. A refusal to accept the judgment of the church in this matter would be contrary to the purpose for which you sought recourse.”
While the archdiocese has considered St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church a deconsecrated building since October 2004, parishioners have kept its doors open through a round-the-clock vigil that has gone uninterrupted for 3,575 days.
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