Victory! Closed Church Must be Re-Opened – Vatican
The parishioners won an appeal against the closure of their church.
A “last Mass” was celebrated in St Michael in February 2018 after Wrexham Bishop Peter Brignall announced its closure for a “lack of clergy”. But the parish hired a canon lawyer.
St Michael’s is structurally sound, financially viable with a strong community.
It remains to be seen whether Bishop Brignall will obey the decision. His first reaction seems to point to the contrary as, in a statement, he is not accepting it but hiding behind a myriad of commissions and councils.
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