A dispute has erupted between parish priest of Cratloe, Fr. Ronald Costello, and parishioners regarding the priest's closure of the local barn church, a rare example of 18th Century architecture.
Fr. Costello says he can no longer get insurance for the barn church and intends to build a modern church nearby.
Report shows Cratloe barn church.
Interview with local spokeswoman who expresses praise for a Bishop's intervention and says parishioners will stand behind the priest in carrying out repairs to the barn church.
The reporter is Michael Walsh.
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