LOUISVILLE (KY)
The Courier-Journal
By Matt Batcheldor
mbatcheldor@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
The old Resurrection Catholic Church on Poplar Level Road, which has continued to hold weekend Masses after merging with Guardian Angels parish in 1999, will close permanently next month.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville plans to sell the church property, part of which is leased to Pitt Academy, to the Highlands Latin School for an undetermined sum. The sale is not final, but the last Mass will be celebrated at Resurrection on Jan.9, archdiocese spokeswoman Cecelia Price said.
Proceeds from the sale will help rebuild the archdiocese's coffers in the wake of a $25.7million settlement last year with victims of priest sexual abuse, Price said. Selling the church property was included in a five-year financial plan issued last year.
"Certainly, we understand it's a loss for the people who had been worshipping there," Price said.
Posted by kshaw at December 13, 2004 06:10 AM