MASSACHUSETTS
The Patriot Ledger
By Patrick Ronan
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Apr. 23, 2015
QUINCY
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has taken the closed Star of the Sea church in Squantum off its list of properties for sale, leading former parishioners to assume the building has a buyer.
However, the archdiocese won’t say whether the 58-year-old building, which hosted its final Mass in 2011, is on the verge of being sold.
“We generally do not comment on the sale of property until such time as we have closed,” Terrence Donilon, an archdiocese spokesman, said Thursday.
Meanwhile, in recent weeks the archdiocese has removed the former church’s stained glass windows and crews have been testing the soil at the Bellevue Road property, according to neighbors.
“The archdiocese isn’t telling anyone anything,” said Maureen Mazrimas, co-chair of Friends of Star of the Sea, a group of former parishioners who want to keep the property open as a place of worship.
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