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to think church is having it both ways

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Juells · 04/09/2019 15:52

I read through this news item, not that interested in the carry-on of the man, who just seemed to want a row.

news.sky.com/story/pensioner-attacks-female-chaplain-in-row-about-crazy-golf-at-cathedral-11801947

But my eyebrows rose a bit when I got to the charge, and what he pleaded guilty to Hmm

Mr Feeney pleaded guilty to engaging in riotous, violent or indecent behaviour in a church, chapel or churchyard under the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860.

Is it me, or is the cathedral pulling a bit of a fast one? "We're entitled to use the cathedral for Crazy Golf, but if you object you'll be charged because it's a church." Why not just charge him with violent behaviour? It smacks of 'it's not a church if we want to put Crazy Golf in it, but it's a church if you kick up a stink about the Crazy Golf".

Am I being unfair? In the interests of full disclosure, I have no interest in religion, don't believe in anything.

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WhatsMyPassword · 04/09/2019 15:59

I dont understand what you are driving at (no pun) Grin

The church didnt charge him, the CPS charged him and he was also charged with common assault.

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