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BOSTON (AP) - After months of resistance and round-the-clock vigils at several churches, archdiocese officials Tuesday reversed a decision to close one parish, and will re-evaluate four others to determine if one should close.
Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley’s decision to shutter or consolidate 83 churches by year’s end came in response to declining attendance, a shortage of priests and financial pressure caused in part by the clergy sex abuse crisis.
Tuesday’s decision marked the first reversal of a decision to close a parish.
O’Malley “is no longer listening to the old guard, and instead is putting in place mechanisms himself to be able to hear from leaders of the laity and members of parishes,” said John Hynes of Voice of the Faithful, a lay Catholic reform group.
O’Malley said the decision grew out of consultations with. . . .
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Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley’s decision to shutter or consolidate 83 churches by year’s end came in response to declining attendance, a shortage of priests and financial pressure caused in part by the clergy sex abuse crisis.
Tuesday’s decision marked the first reversal of a decision to close a parish.
O’Malley “is no longer listening to the old guard, and instead is putting in place mechanisms himself to be able to hear from leaders of the laity and members of parishes,” said John Hynes of Voice of the Faithful, a lay Catholic reform group.
O’Malley said the decision grew out of consultations with. . . .
mercedsun-star.com/24hour/nation/story/1927234p-9886141c.html
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