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  • Priest sells convent to Muslims for a mosque on a street named for 9-11 hero

    05/21/2010 3:37:46 PM PDT · by NYer · 20 replies · 544+ views
    PatrickMadrid ^ | May 21, 2010 | Patrick Madrid
    Okay, this is galling on a couple different levels. Plot summary: The pastor of a Catholic parish sold the parish convent to an Islamic organization, which plans to turn it into a mosque. The kicker is that the convent happens to be on a street named in honor of . . . get this . . . "FDNY Capt. Martin Egan, 36, who was killed in the terrorist attacks" of September 11th. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The impending sale of an empty, 2 ½ -story convent in Midland Beach owned by St. Margaret Mary’s R.C. Church has neighbors angry...