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Fleecing the flock

The Boston Archdiocese is closing the South Boston parish of St. Peter, and along with it the St. Peter School. But that’s not all. The Archdiocese is also taking all the money local parents raised for the school through cupcake sales, face-painting booths, and costume contests.

The first document here is the school’s bank statement as of April, 2004, showing a balance of $150,261.66. The Archdiocese planned to transfer that money to its central fund. But last year, parents from the St. Peter School filed a lawsuit to claim the money. The second document here, a flyer for the school’s 2002 Spring Festival, is from an inch-thick stack of posters describing all manner of fun and frolic held by the school, most of which  promise that “All proceeds . . . will benefit the students of St. Peter School.”

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That promise, the parents claim, is a contract that legally prevents the Archdiocese from taking the money and using it for other purposes. So far, though, the parents’ suit has been stalled, and the Archdiocese has repeatedly been granted extensions in filing its response to the suit.

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