MASSACHUSETTS
The Patriot Ledger
By Jessica Trufant
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Feb. 9, 2015
SCITUATE – The Archdiocese of Boston has ordered parishioners to end their decade-long occupation of the closed St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church by March 9 or face legal recourse.
Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the archdiocese, on Sunday said the archdiocese has informed parishioners in writing that they must vacate the Hood Road building by March 9.
St. Frances was among dozens of Boston-area churches pegged for closure in 2004 as part of a reconfiguration plan designed to shrink the archdiocese’s growing debt.
But some parishioners refused to leave their churches, including the Friends of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, who in October celebrated 10 years of holding a continuous vigil.
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