Kevin Riordan: Still a sanctuary to them
Leah Vassallo and her fellow “vigil-ers” love St. Mary’s Church with a fierceness sired by faith. “We’re not trying to break away,” says Vassallo, a leader of the 24/7 sit-in that began after the Diocese of Camden abruptly closed the little Gloucester County church in November. “We just want St. Mary’s reopened.”
Published Feb 20, 2011.
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