Q&A: Breakaway Catholic churches not new, but frowned upon

BOSTON (AP) — Parishioners who have maintained a constant vigil inside a Roman Catholic church for nearly 12 years in defiance of the Boston archdiocese's order to close it are vowing to create an independent church outside the Vatican's control. The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a last-ditch appeal from the St. Frances X. Cabrini parishioners. Creating an independent church raises questions.  
A spokesman for Friends of St. Frances Cabrini, speaks with parishioners at St. Frances X. Cabrini church, in Scituate, Mass. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear their last-ditch appeal, parishioners who have occupied the Roman Catholic church for 11 years in defiance of the Boston archdiocese's order to close it are vowing to create an independent church outside the Vatican's control

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