Legal Opinion
Fortin v. Roman Catholic Bishop
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 1994PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
This case presents a dispute between two parishioners of the former parish of St. Joseph’s Church in Worcester and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester (Bishop). On June 1, 1992, the parish of St. Joseph’s was merged with the parish of Notre Dame, in accordance with a decision by the Bishop. In a complaint of the same date, the plaintiffs alleged that the Bishop’s decision to merge the parishes wrongfully deprived them of property to which they were equitably entitled, and constituted a breach of an oral contract between the Bishop and the plaintiffs. They sought an injunction prohibiting…
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