CLEVELAND (OH)
The Republic
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: March 28, 2012
CLEVELAND — Parishioners of 13 northeast Ohio churches closed by the bishop but spared by the Vatican must wait to find out if they will re-open.
Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon said in a letter to be distributed at weekend Masses that the issue of re-opening the churches “is not nearly as clear-cut as it may appear.”
He says there is no easy or perfect solution and he hasn’t made any decisions. He pledges to respect church authority.
Two weeks ago a Vatican office took the extraordinary step of ordering the churches re-opened. The Congregation for the Clergy ruled that Lennon failed to follow church law and procedure in the closings.
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