JAMESVILLE (AP) -- The rectory of a shuttered Catholic church in the Syracuse diocese is being auctioned off.
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham says the building is being sold because St. Mary's Church in Jamesville is no longer a parish and has no need for it. Cunningham says the church building will not be sold.
Meanwhile, parishioners of St. Mary's are asking Cunningham to expedite repairs to the church so it can re-open. In a letter sent Tuesday to the bishop, they say they're concerned about the possible demolition of the church.
Colleen LaTray, a member of the committee that organized the appeal to re-open St. Mary's, hopes the decision last month by the Vatican to overrule the closing of 13 parishes by the Cleveland Diocese will have a positive effect.
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