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Neighbors want sale of church investigated

Michael Indresano bought St. Mary Star of the Sea for $850,000. A few weeks later, the Universal Church paid Indresano $2.65 million for the property, and former parishioners are up in arms, demanding an investigation. Michael Indresano bought St. Mary Star of the Sea for $850,000. A few weeks later, the Universal Church paid Indresano $2.65 million for the property, and former parishioners are up in arms, demanding an investigation.
By Paysha Stockton Rhone
Globe Correspondent / January 28, 2007

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In the shops and homes that surround the boarded-up Saint Mary Star of the Sea church, it's still the hot talk -- how a wealthy South Boston photographer made $1.8 million buying and selling the closed Catholic church in less than three weeks. (Full article: 978 words)

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