EATON TWP. — Holy Love Ministries, the Eaton Township site where Maureen Sweeney Kyle and her husband, Don Kyle, operate an ecumenical ministry and pilgrimage site, has received a harsh rebuke from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

Bishop Richard Lennon, in a letter and decree released Nov. 11, declared Sweeney Kyle’s visions to be “not supernatural,” banned clergy from performing sacraments at the 83-acre site, banned Holy Love Ministries from using the name “Catholic” or declaring itself a Catholic group, and discouraged practicing Catholics from going to the site.

In a statement Sunday, Don Kyle said, “We at Holy Love Ministries are and always have been an ecumenical ministry. We have no affiliation with the Diocese of Cleveland. We are sorry the bishop has taken this position. As it has always been, all people of all faiths are welcome to join us in prayer and the peace that heaven offers at this site.”

Sweeney Kyle allegedly started seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in 1985 while praying at a North Olmsted church.

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