Don't touch that historic church. At a hearing Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn, Justice Ellen Spodek extended a temporary restraining order that halts the demolition of Our Lady of Loreto in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville.

Justice Spodek will be issuing a decision in the next couple weeks concerning the suit, which was filed in late April by former parishioner Jillian Mulvihill. It seeks a permanent stop to the demolition of the vacant neoclassical Roman Renaissance-style church at 126 Sackman St. by Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corp. The city Buildings Department had issued demolition permits for the property in March.