Mount Cashel Orphanage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:40:54 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Mount Cashel Orphanage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Angry Catholics surround church to prevent potential buyer from viewing property https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/04/17/angry-branch-residents-surround-catholic-church-to-prevent-potential-buyer-from-viewing-property/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:55:24 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=157672 Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sits atop a hill at the end of a dirt road overlooking the rural community. Last month, local parishioners assembled a vehicular barricade, blocking a potential buyer from viewing the church. The property is one of many churches being sold by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Read more

Angry Catholics surround church to prevent potential buyer from viewing property... Read more]]> Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sits atop a hill at the end of a dirt road overlooking the rural community.

Last month, local parishioners assembled a vehicular barricade, blocking a potential buyer from viewing the church.

The property is one of many churches being sold by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp of St John's to settle claims of abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage between the 1940s and 1960s.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled the archdiocese was vicariously liable to settle these claims in July 2020.

Tammy Roche, who grew up in Branch and now resides in St John's, "fully supports" the efforts of parishioners to dissuade the potential sale of the church.

"I think they did the right thing," said Roche.

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