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Summarized by Kent Larsen
LDS Church Moves Monterrey Mexico Temple Site Due to Neighbor Opposition
MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO -- An article in yesterday's El Norte
newspaper in Monterrey says that the LDS Church has decided to move the
planned Monterrey Temple to a new site due to opposition from neighbors. The
Church first announced the Temple in 1995, but has not been able to start
construction due to a three-year-long lawsuit by neighbors. While the Church
won the lawsuit, it has instead decided to move the building to another site.
The LDS Church's original site was in San Pedro, a town near Monterrey, next
to the Colegio Labastida. But neighbors opposed the city granting a land use
permit, arguing publically that the presence of the Temple would create an
"unnecessary social problem." An organized group of neighbors used every
means possible to stop the building, ultimately filing a lawsuit. But the
permit was finally granted last year by the court.
But last March the Church decided to relocate the building inside the city
of Monterrey, in the Huajuco zone of the city. Esteban Barcenas, Secretary
of Urban Development and Ecology for the city says he doesn't see any
potential roadblocks to construction now. "The grant of the land use
license was normal, as happens with other types of construction."
Elder Pratt of the Mexico North Area Presidency told El Norte that the
Church moved the Temple to avoid further problems with the neighbors, "To
avoid problems, we have decided to buy another property. We don't want to
bother anyone."
Source:
Estara en Monterrey templo de mormones
Monterrey Mexico El Norte 7Aug00 D1
By Vicente Guerrero
Stop trying to locate in San Pedro; will build magnificent building in the Huajuco zone
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