ROSEVILLE — Another legal proceeding attempting to halt the sale and demolition of the former Sacred Heart church in Roseville may be drawing to a close.

At a Sept. 26 hearing, Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Diane Druzinski denied a preliminary injunction filed in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the sale and demolition of the former church to make way for a Sheetz gas station.

The motion was part of a lawsuit filed by Curtiss Ostosh, pastor of the Harvest Time Church in Warren, who claims a purchase agreement between his church and Mooney Real Estate Holdings from 2021 is still valid.

“To me, this is sacred ground. To me, it has to be preserved because it has historical value, it has spiritual value, it has religious value,” Ostosh said.

In 2021, Harvest Time made a $25,000 deposit to p

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