Church closings (very likely) coming to Brooklyn

by Tom Gallagher

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October 4, 2010

According to the New York Daily News:

Catholic leaders in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y. named Monday a "diocesan day of prayer" as word spread that churches in Brooklyn and Queens may close as part of an unprecedented reorganization.

The Diocese of Brooklyn, faced with budget trouble and a shortage of priests, is considering shuttering churches and merging parishes in Brooklyn and Queens, the Daily News reported Sunday.

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