The dispute between parishioners and the St. Louis Archdiocese over control of St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church is similar to one more than 20 years ago in St. Clair County that also involved a Polish congregation.One issue involves the church and church property while the other (in St. Clair County) involves private property - the similarities are what? In name only, that is, the "St. Adalbert's Cemetery Association".
In the 1970s, the Illinois Department of Transportation bought St. Adalbert's Catholic Church in East St. Louis to clear the way for Interstate 64.
Some members thought the money should go to them, not to the Belleville Diocese, headed by Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste, now deceased.
The diocese won that dispute, but when it tried to assume ownership of the 30-acre cemetery the parishioners had established in neighboring Fairview Heights, they rebelled, and eventually prevailed.
Perhaps I missed something but I do not see how the St. Stanislaus situation brings the St. Adalbert issue to mind at all.
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