Chaplain Resigns from St Paul's as Clergy Blasted for Stance on Protesters (2nd Cleric to Do So)

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Source: Telegraph (UK)

Chaplain resigns from St Paul's as clergy blasted for stance on protesters
By Victoria Ward
Last Updated: 1:09AM BST 29/10/2011

A bishop yesterday likened the clergy at St Paul’s Cathedral to “self-important public school boys” as a second member of staff resigned over its decision to evict the protesters on its doorstep and a third was considering his position.

The Bishop of Buckingham, Alan Wilson, condemned the managers of St Paul’s for their "hysterical overreaction" in shutting the cathedral, urging them to join “the real world”.

As the ongoing conflict over how the Church should deal with the Occupy London protest camp claimed another scalp, the bishop questioned whether the cathedral’s management could redeem themselves.

He asked on his blog: “Do they have the stomach to engage in the real world at the crest of a tidal race between people, money and power, or are they just overgrown public schoolboys playing indoor games in their own self-important Tourist Disneyland?”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8856785/Chaplain-resigns-from-St-Pauls-as-clergy-blasted-for-stance-on-protesters.html

[DeSwiss]

1. K&R

I haven't K&R'd a post about what a preacher has said in a looooooong time. Proving that they do indeed know right from wrong.

- Feels good.

[valerief]

2. Ah, but the clergy are the first estate.

And the third tier in capitalism pyramid (after rulers who are after capital).

[Hissyspit]

4. I love that!

[elleng]

3. Lots of scalps being claimed these days, eh?

:thumbsup:

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5. Just to clarify language differences, "public school" in the Queen's

English translates to "private school" in the President's English.