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Wellesley signs agreement to buy St. James the Great Church

Parishioners may file new appeal

By Evan Allen

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 02, 2012

Wellesley’ selectmen have signed an agreement with the Archdiocese of Boston to purchase St. James the Great Church, a Catholic church shuttered by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2004 and occupied since then by parishioners who refuse to let go of what they say is their spiritual home. The agreement, signed Monday and posted on the town’s website, is contingent upon Town Meeting approval, according to Hans Larsen, Wellesley’s Executive Director.

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