"It just doesn't make sense," said Josoma, who plans to appeal the decision, if necessary to the Vatican. He said his parish, which grew 20 percent last year and had a budget surplus "doesn't meet any of the criteria."
Diane Griffin, 59, who has wor-shipped at St. Susanna's for 35 years and had hoped to see her son married there in October, said: "There's no rhyme or reason to this whatsoever except location and what the value of the property is. It's nothing more than a land grab, pure and simple. The land is worth more than we are."
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