CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese has cautioned members of the soon-to-close St. Peter's church in downtown Cleveland not to hold worship services in commercial office space the congregation has leased.

"Please know that I will not approve of a priest celebrating the sacraments in any space other than an approved site within the diocese," Lennon wrote to St. Peter parishioners this week.

The bishop said he was writing to the parishioners " because of my concern for you and your salvation and for the good of the church in Cleveland...."