ROSEVILLE — A Warren pastor’s attempt to keep what he calls a “sacred place” from becoming the site of a Sheetz gas station in Roseville suffered a setback this week after a Macomb County judge dismissed his lawsuit seeking to block the demolition of a former church.

The suit was 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 for the former Catholic Community of Sacred Heart church on Gratiot Avenue at Utica Road.

In 2021, Harvest Time made a $25,000 deposit to purchase the property. However, according to Ostosh, representatives from Mooney Real Estate Holdings never showed up for the closing. A representative for Mooney previously said that Mooney asked for

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