ParishWatch: Tracking Parish Closings in North America
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MISSISSIPPI
Diocese of Biloxi
Biloxi Parishioners Sue Diocese. In early May, more than 150 members of Holy Family
Parish, formerly St. Paul Parish in the Biloxi Mississippi diocese filed a lawsuit asking for an
accounting of donations made to the church after Hurricane Katrina. Bishop Thomas J. Rodi
said the suit is an attempt to have the courts order the Catholic Church to have a church building
in a specific place. Eric D. Wooten, the Gulfport attorney for the plaintiffs, said the lawsuit is
not about trying to keep St. Paul Church open: "We just want to know what's become of the
money collected for St. Paul Parish...I don't file suits unless I think I can win them, and I'm
confident Mississippi law is behind our position. I think it supports our claims." (Spring 07)
http://voicefromthedesert.blogspot.com/2007/05/parishioners-sue-pastor-bishop-diocese.html
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