Judge Upholds Closing of Saint Anthony Church in Monogahela

STATEMENT OF BISHOP DAVID ZUBIK

This ruling regarding the former Saint Anthony building is faithful to the First Amendment of our nation’s Constitution, which prohibits the government from interfering in the establishment and religious mission of a house of worship.  Judge Katherine Emery also highlighted the extensive and open consultation that preceded my decisions regarding Saint Anthony. I am grateful to Judge Emery and to God for this decision.

My prayer is that those who were grieved by the closing of Saint Anthony will join with their sisters and brothers at Saint Damien of Molokai Parish to bring the faith to new generations of Catholics in Monongahela.