Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Cops guard the pews as Fr. O'Shea says last Mass at Our Lady of Montserrat

Cops guard the pews as O’Shea says last Mass at Montserrat

By Aaron Short
The Brooklyn Paper

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Controversial pastor, Rev. Jim O'Shea, has said his last Mass at Our Lady of Montserrat Church, which has been closed by the Diocese of Brooklyn.

These are trying times for us Catholics. Read this story and try to figure out what is going on in Brooklyn. It's beyond me!

The Brooklyn Diocese called in a strong show of police force on Sunday outside a beloved Bedford-Stuyvesant chapel that the church hierarchy closed in a controversial move.

Church officials apparently were worried about a large, and angry, crowd attending the last Mass at Our Lady of Montserrat, which the Diocese shuttered for good on Monday in what supporters say is payback for a pastor’s opposition to the Diocese on several political issues.
Read more here: http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/5/wb_montserrat_2011_2_4_bk.html

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