To think there's no need for the drunk vicar to be plastered over the front age of the Sun.

[BridgetBidet]

My husband gets the Sun because he likes the football reporting.

Today the front page is plastered with a big picture of a vicar who was apparently too drunk to conduct a wedding and had to be escorted out to the vestry whilst a replacement conducted it.

He arrived drunk and bleeding. He has been described as a 'good man but with problems' and has been given leave to deal with personal issues.

The article goes on to poke fun a him with jokes about 'Beerly Beloved' and 'Imbibe with me' and 'Amazing Grouse'.

I read this and I was horrified, it sounds like this is somebody quite vulnerable who may well have issues with alcohol and he's been splashed across the front page of the Sun for people to take the piss out of. Is it just me or is this not the kind of thing that could lead to suicides? It's just fucking horrible and unnecessary.

Well they post photos of drunk women all the time. What's the difference?

I think its sick personally.

but then again that type of paper doesn't SEE people as people but as objects.

Poor fella.

ps amber I would not consider that poking fun.

front page spread about him? folk have committed suicide over less.

THats most papers though isnt it,apart from a couple.

Agreed, my dad's a vicar and sometimes gets a bit tiddly. Last time it took one pint and he would only speak in the voice of Peter Cook (as it Pete and Dudley) including to the ticket inspector on the train home. Oh and he fell off a bar stool in an East end pub.

I might add he wasn't on duty though.

Vicars get squiffy sometimes, it's no great shakes.

Agree with you OP, poor guy hope he has plenty of support

There is a serious problem with alcoholism in some parts

Our local Catholic priest used to start drinking at 10am or 11am (a lot ofthem did) and tried to baptise our neice in the kitchen sink on Christmas day :/

BUt no body seemed to care or offer help, they stuck him in a home

YABU to expect anything other than sensationalist garbage from the Sun.

Not nice. Hope he's OK.

Indeed vicars do get squiffy (yep - married to one). Would be v concerned about this chap though and no need for the sensationalist garbage.

If you want a good vicar story, try this one instead. Much nicer (and she is lovely) :)

What's with the mock the religious comment, Amber?

Wow Amber, you wish to use someone's addiction to poke fun at religious people! Why?

Lets remember that this was someone's wedding that day that he could have potentially ruined, some might consider him as the earthly reparative of Christ. What job do you know where you can clock in totally pissed and it would be ok?

Sad for the man, but you do realise that you are only contributing to the problem by posting about it, right?

Many of us never even look at a copy of the Sun, I would have had no idea this had happened if I hadn't just read about it on Mumsnet.

** representative even

seenit it's not Ok what he did doesn't make it ok to rip him to pieces in the papers.

This is why I don't buy papers despite working in pr

Wow Amber, what a bitchy, intolerant, immature thing to say.

Obviously was a "non-news" day then! I do feel very sorry for people who are splashed all over the front pages of any newspaper, with out having asked for it, either by being a celebrity or by breaking the law (and I mean, having been found guilty of breaking the law, not just accused of something)

Don't support Murdoch by buying or reading The Sun. Pretty simple really.

at "My husband gets the Sun because he likes the football reporting."

Get your dh to read the guardian sports pages instead then you wont have to read such bullying crap.

I don't like the Page Three photos in The Sun.
I would object to them more than the poor drunk vicar.

Page Three photos have no place in a newspaper.

I thought he was plastered in the church?!

Way to pull the pin amber.