SCITUATE, Mass. (CNS) – Parishioners who have maintained a presence in a closed church in the Archdiocese of Boston since 2004 said they planned to form an independent Catholic community after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their appeal.

A representative of the Friends of Frances X. Cabrini, the organization that has occupied the church, said members would meet to “finalize their transition.”

The group previously said its members would leave the church within 14 days of the court’s ruling.

The archdiocese had no immediate comment.