The long battle over where Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s body should be interred took another turn on Tuesday, when a New York appeals court ruled that his remains should stay in New York – at least for now – overturning a lower court decision that would have immediately sent the archbishop’s body to Peoria, IL, the diocese handling the cause for Sheen’s sainthood.
Sheen’s body to stay in NYC
The long battle over where Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s body should be interred took another turn on Tuesday, when a New York appeals court ruled that his remains should stay in New York – at least for now – overturning a lower court decision that would have immediately sent the archbishop’s body to Peoria, IL, the diocese handling the cause for Sheen’s sainthood.
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