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The Staten Island pastor who signed off on a controversial plan to sell a former convent to the Muslim American Society has changed his mind.
The community of Midland Beach was outraged for a variety of reasons that Father Keith Fennessy of St. Margaret Mary R.C. Church, just down the street, agreed to sell a vacant convent to an Islamic group. Now, under public pressure, the father wants to pull out of the deal.
Just about anyone Fox 5 spoke to in the neighborhood is relieved that Father Fennessy has changed his mind. A heated community meeting last week had something to do with it.