A SIGN: Outside Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Massachusetts. The church has been occupied for 11 years by members of its parish. Parishioners are engaged in a legal battle to prevent the church from being sold by the archdiocese. In the United States of America, Scituate, Massachusetts is home to the highest concentration of Catholics of Irish ancestry.
(BOSTON) JUNE 10 – A CATHOLIC LAY GROUP THAT’S BEEN OCCUPYING A CHURCH SOUTH OF BOSTON FOR 11 YEARS MAKING ANOTHER LAST DITCH LEGAL EFFORT TO KEEP THE BOSTON DIOCESE FROM THROWING THEM OUT AT FIVE O’CLOCK TODAY.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.
TODAY’S APPEAL COURT FIGHT IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE DIOCESE OF BOSTON TO KEEP PARISHIONERS OF SAINT FRANCS XAVIER CABRINI CHURCH IN SCITUATE, MASS FROM BEING ABLE TO APPEAL THEIR EVICTION.
THEY’VE HAD TWO REPRIEVES SINCE A TRIAL JUDGE TWO WEEKS AGO RULED THE DIOCESE OWNS THE BUILDING.
85 YEAR-OLD MARGARET O’BRIEN IS ONE OF THE 100 PEOPLE OCCUPYING ROUND THE CLOCK.
O’BRIEN: MY KIDS MADE THE SACRAMENTS HERE…WE’VE HAD WEDDINGS, FUNERALS :05
THE CHURCH SAYS A PRIEST SHORTAGE AND DWINDLING CONGREGATIONS HAVE FORCED THE CLOSURE. PARISHIONERS SAY THE CHURCH WANTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO PAY ITS LEGAL BILLS INCURRED FROM SCANDALS.
IN BOSTON, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO