The Rev. Skip L'Heureux at Queen of Peace, which spent $45,000 to meet city regulations.
Beneath stained-glass windows of God, Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary glows the latest addition to Queen of Peace, a tiny Catholic parish in Kew Gardens Hills.
At a recent Mass, the Rev. James Tighe shocked his flock by describing why the exit sign had been installed seven decades after the church opened.
To come into compliance with city laws for places of assembly, the Queens church spent $45,000 on exit signs, pushbars on its doors and fees for an architect, he said.
Tighe admitted the price tag was hard to stomach. But he said the cash-strapped city is cracking down on churches without place of assembly permits, and his church could ill afford hefty fines.
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