![]() | No Closure: Catholic Practice and Boston''s Parish Shutdowns Subjects: Church closures -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 21st century; Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.) -- History; Parishes -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History; Boston (Mass.) -- Church history; In 2004 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced plans to close or merge more than eighty parish churches. Scores of Catholics--28,000, by the archdiocese's count--would be asked to leave their parishes. The closures came just two years after the first major revelations of clergy sexual abuse and its cover up. Wounds from this profound betrayal of trust had not healed. Seitz John C. : John C. Seitz is Assistant Professor in the Theology Department and the Associate Director for Lincoln Center of the Francis and Ann Curran Center |
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