Word is now dribbling out (in xeroxed letters to lay people before pastors receive official notice) that the appeals of Bishop Richard Lennon's church closings are going to be turned down. The fix is in. It's probably always been in. Bishop Lennon thinks that this is his Church. But it's not. He's not from around here. He is a carpetbagger from 600 miles away. This diocese, these churches, are our churches. We built them, sometimes with our own hands, with our muscles, bones, and blood, and we financed them. They don't belong to Rome or to the bishop's chair in the Diocese of Cleveland. They belong to the men and women, living and dead, of the Diocese of Cleveland. These are our churches, this is our Church.
Go back to Boston, Bishop Lennon.
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