Love Holy Trinity selling buildings

Telegraph Herald Carrier, Iowa/August 24, 2006

Chicago -- Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission is selling the two buildings that served as its headquarters at 7011-17 West Diversey Ave., Chicago, according to the city's multiple listing service.

In an April hearing in Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., the controversial group was fined $1,150 for zoning violations at the location and ordered to bring the buildings up to code.

The pending sale isn't surprising to Donna Backstrom, a longtime critic of the group, who said she expected Love Holy Trinity to sell when they could no longer use the buildings as a community center or church.

The organization, which began as a prayer group that claimed to be affiliated with the Catholic Church, has ties to Dubuque and Bellevue, Iowa.

Backstrom is concerned about where relatives of group members can send mail in the future.