SCITUATE
Wicked Local Scituate
By Jessica Trufant
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Mar. 8, 2015
SCITUATE — The Friends of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini has hired legal counsel to represent them in civil litigation, which the Archdiocese of Boston has threatened to pursue if the parishioners don’t vacate the church by tomorrow.
On Sunday, the Friends of St. Frances announced at the Hood Road church that they hired attorney Mary Elizabeth Carmody after receiving a notice in February to vacate on or before March 9 from the Archdiocese of Boston.
St. Frances was among dozens of Boston-area churches pegged for closure in 2004 as part of a reconfiguration plan designed to shrink the archdiocese’s growing debt. Citing falling attendance, a priest shortage and financial problems, the archdiocese closed more than 60 churches.
But some parishioners refused to leave their churches, including parishioners of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, who in October celebrated 10 full years of holding a continuous vigil.
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