Cleveland Strip Clubs: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland puts churches on the market
The diocese’s Hallinan Center, which once housed the Catholic Newman Club at Case Western Reserve University, is on the market for $1.4 million.
St. Casimir in Cleveland, which has a pending appeal of its closing in Rome, is listed at $975,000. The boarded-up church is the site of weekly protests against Lennon’s downsizing.
Details of the church properties — which include related buildings such as rectories, convents and schools– are available at ccdsales.org, as is information about the re-use of religious buildings. The diocese is selling more than 50 churches throughout 11 cities and three counties, though only 17 are currently listed.
The Web site says the church buildings will be sold with deed restrictions “to preclude certain sordid uses” of the properties.
Restrictions would prohibit strip clubs, abortion clinics, bars and casinos, said diocese spokesman Robert Tayek.
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