CLEVELAND (OH)
The Plain Dealer
By Michael O’Malley, The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio —
Cleveland Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon said Wednesday that he hopes to have all the closed churches that won their Vatican appeals reopened by the beginning of August.
He said he wants to begin opening some of them by mid -June. And “by the first of August,” Lennon said. “Done.”
The bishop said that one of the 12 churches – St. Mary’s in Lorain – had appealed only the changing of its name — now Mary Mother of God — after he merged it with another parish.
The bishop made his statements to the editorial board of The Plain Dealer. It was the first time he has publicly discussed a timetable for reopening the churches, which have been closed for two years or more.
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