October 10, 2024

Parishioner (appellant) sent a letter requesting revocation of the Decree, attempting per canon 1733 to resolve the issue before appealing to the Vatican.

1733 states: “When a person believes that he or she has been injured by a decree, it is greatly to be desired that contention between that person and the author of the decree be avoided, and that care be taken to reach an equitable solution by mutual consultation, possibly using the assistance of serious-minded persons to mediate and study the matter. In this way, the controversy may by some suitable method be avoided or brought to an end.”

The Archdiocese of Baltimore offered no opportunity for “mutual consultation.”