CROATIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREGATION v. WUERL


447 Pa.Super. 208 (1995)

668 A.2d 1151

The CROATIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREGATION OF the HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, AMBRIDGE, BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, an Unincorporated Association, By and Through, Charles A. CVITKOVIC, Alfonso Vlasic, Paul Poulos, Mary Vucetich, Joseph B. Durbin, John J. Nelko, and Alan L. Evanish, Trustees ad Litem, Appellants, v. The Most Reverend Donald W. WUERL, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Ernest D. Preate, Attorney General, and Nancy Sobolevitch, Court Administrator. The CONGREGATION OF SAINT MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF NEW CASTLE, LAWRENCE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, an Unincorporated Association, By and Through, Dr. Joseph L. MORETTO, Paul A. Zarilla, Shirley O'Connor, Thomas C. Elliott, and Edwin G. Stevens, Trustees ad Litem, Appellants, v. The Most Reverend Donald W. WUERL, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Court Administrator's Office of Pennsylvania, and The Attorney General of Pennsylvania. The ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREGATION OF the DIVINE REDEEMER OF AMBRIDGE, BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, an Unincorporated Association, By and Through, Leo GRANDOVIC, Michele L. Warmbrodt, Milton Hertneky, Richard Halicek, and Anna Marie Dzubak, Trustees ad Litem, Appellants, v. The Most Reverend Donald W. WUERL, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Nancy Sobolevitch, Court Administrator, and Ernest Preate, Attorney General.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. McMullin, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

William A. Steidle, Jr., Pittsburgh & Phillip J. Murren, Harrisburg, for The Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl, appellee.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH and CIRILLO, JJ.


ROWLEY, President Judge:

These consolidated appeals have been filed by three congregations of Roman Catholic churches whose parishes have been suppressed by appellee1 The Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh: at No. 122 Pittsburgh 1995 — the Croatian Roman Catholic Congregation of the Holy Trinity Church, Ambridge, Beaver County,...

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