Cleveland Catholic Diocese suspends priest - 19 Action News|Cleveland, OH|News, Weather, Sports

Bishop Lennon suspends Cleveland priest

Posted: Updated:
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -

It's a shocking twist in the Cleveland church closings and reopening.

A priest is now in trouble with the Catholic church.

When the Cleveland Catholic Diocese shut down St. Peter's Church in 2009, Father Robert Marrone worshipped with his congregation at a non-sanctioned location on Euclid Avenue. At the new location, Father Marrone carried out baptisms, communion services and worships. 

Bishop Richard Lennon recently told Father Marrone to come back to the Catholic Diocese or he would be suspended. "The request was simply to reconcile.  It was a breakaway church.  They decided to leave the Catholic church and to form his own church," says Robert Tayek with Cleveland Catholic Diocese.

Now, Father Marrone has sent a letter to community followers saying Bishop Lennon gave him a seven day notice to stop, or he would be suspended.

Father Marrone told the Catholic Diocese he's not going anywhere, which resulted in a suspension.

Father Marrone tells 19 Action News that he'll meet with his congregation on Monday. Until then, he has no comment.

Click HERE to read the entire letter.

Copyright 2012 WOIO. All rights reserved. 

  • Seen on 19Seen on 19

  • Join us every Friday & Saturday from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. for live music at the Legacy Village Lawn. We'll feature everything from Pop, Rock, Oldies, Motown, Swing, Blues & more.
    Join us every Friday & Saturday from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. for live music at the Legacy Village Lawn. We'll feature everything from Pop, Rock, Oldies, Motown, Swing, Blues & more.

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 16:40:16 GMT
    19 Action news is happy to be using Waze, literally a ground changing app we'd like to share with you. It's a free app that improves your daily commute by connecting drivers to one another creating local
    19 Action news is happy to be using Waze, literally a ground changing app we'd like to share with you. It's a free app that improves your daily commute by connecting drivers to one another creating local

  • The outlook for job in Northeast of Ohio looks pretty promising according to a new report released by Team NEO. In the next decade they estimate the area to add 150,000 jobs.
    The outlook for job in Northeast of Ohio looks pretty promising according to a new report released by Team NEO. In the next decade they estimate the area to add 150,000 jobs. There is a bit a problem though and it will be finding the qualified and educated workers to fill the jobs especially in the medical industry. According to Jenny Febbs with Team NEO the challenge will be getting our young educated population to stay home as well as attracting people from other parts of the county.
    •