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Peace Abbey in Sherborn up for sale

Owners slash price, conditions

By Ellen Ishkanian

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 18, 2012

The Peace Abbey in Sherborn is for sale and the owners are ready to accept an offer from anyone willing to pay $999,900 to get out from under the debt that’s plagued the institution for years. Over the past five years the property has been put on the market periodically but unlike in the past when the owners were looking for someone who would allow the abbey’s work to continue unhindered, financial reality means the property will be sold with no conditions attached.

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