BRIGHTON (MA)
Boston Herald
By Kimberly Atkins
Friday, June 3, 2005 - Updated: 04:40 AM EST
The controversy surrounding the closure of a Brighton Catholic school heated up this week when members of a community group fighting the move learned the building could be used for clergy sexual-abuse investigations.
``It was already outrageous, but now it's profoundly outrageous,'' said Kevin M. Carragee, chairman of the Presentation School Foundation, a group fighting to buy the closing school to turn into a community center.
The archdiocese, which wants to convert the school into offices for its Metropolitan Tribunal, rejected their offer to pay full-market value of more than $2 million for the property. The school is slated to close this month.
Carragee said he had been told the tribunal was for annulments, and only recently discovered its role in investigating claims of abuse while reading the church's guide on dealing with such allegations.