St. Stanislaus board members dodge penalty - for now

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke did not issue a canonical penalty Friday against the six men on the board of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish.

The archdiocese and the St. Stanislaus board of directors confirmed that the interdict was not issued Friday. "The board did not receive an interdict and the property will not be handed over tonight as the archbishop seemed to indicate was necessary to avoid the interdict," said Roger Krasnicki, the St. Stanislaus spokesman.

"They didn't accept our last proposal, and so they have a new one that goes back to the old days," said Jamie Allman, spokesman for the archdiocese. "We solved all the concerns they had and then they turn around and say that's not enough."

Allman said Burke would make a decision about the interdict next week. "The archbishop has always maintained that this deadline is for them, not for him," he said. "He's back in town on Monday and he'll decide what to do at that point."

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