BUGB President calls for prayers for London and our cities
Pat Took, President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, writes: Will you join me please in praying for the peace of our cities. Pray for the peace of the city, may peace be within your homes and security on your streets. Pray for the family and friends of Mark Duggan as they absorb the [...]
Sick vandals target Stirling church for second time
A Catholic church in the centre of Stirling has been targeted by callous crooks and vandals twice within the space of two weeks. A crucifix outside St Mary’s Church, in Upper Bridge Street, was scrawled with sickening graffiti, and a community noticeboard was also damaged, sometime between 8pm on Friday, July 22, and 6pm the [...]
St Ninian’s church roof lead stolen – replace and repair costs £2600
A church in Stonehouse has been left to pay thousands of pounds for repairs after lead was stolen from the roof. The lead was stripped from St Ninian’s Parish Church roof, leaving them with a bill of £2600. The church are hoping fundraising efforts can be organised to help meet the cost. Property convenor Bob [...]
'Take priests to football matches or out for a glass of wine so they don't become paedophiles', says Baroness Scotland
Churchgoers should take priests out for a glass of wine or to football matches so they aren’t tempted to become paedophiles, Baroness Scotland has said in an astonishing outburst. The former Labour minister said that many priests have a ‘fairly lonely existence’ and need to mix more with their parishioners on a social basis. The [...]
Yobs smash gravestones in cemetery vandalism spree
Vandals have attacked a historic graveyard, smashing a 19th-century headstone and toppling several monuments in a daylight spree. The cemetery of Prestongrange Parish Church – one of the first post-Reformation churches in Scotland and founded in 1596 – was desecrated on Saturday afternoon, causing damage worth thousands of pounds. Six tombstones were pushed to the [...]
Terror for nuns after yobs’ bottle attack on their home
Nuns are living in fear after drunken vandals attacked their convent. The yobs smashed a window at the house where the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity live in Pollok. In the latest of a series of attacks on their home, it appears drunken teenagers threw an empty Buckfast bottle at the window. The terrified [...]
Imam calls for 'inter-faith dialogue' after attack on Muslim woman
A representative of Fife’s muslim community has called for more inter-faith dialogue to raise awareness of other cultures. The appeal from an Islamic leader follows the jailing of a Leslie drug addict who pulled a burka from a Muslim woman’s head as she walked through a Glenrothes shopping centre. Duncan Gandy (31) was jailed for [...]
Victim gets Rev sacked 35 years on
A cleric was sacked 35 years after he pestered a lad of 17 for sex when his victim revealed his sordid past. Shamed Reverend David Batson was booted out of St John’s in Dumfries by Episcopal Church leaders who were told of his 1976 conviction for making sexual advances to the teenager. His shocked victim [...]
Firebug tried to burn down church
Detectives were yesterday hunting a firebug who tried to burn down a 12th century church. The arsonist poured fuel through the letterbox on the wooden vestry door and set fire to it. Flames quickly engulfed the door and rapidly spread inside along the floor of Neilston Parish Church. Last night police were treating the blaze [...]
Church youth worker who was 'quite proud' after being caught with child porn jailed for two years
A church youth worker who told police he was “quite proud” after being caught with a child porn stash has been jailed for two years. Steven Griffin was caught after police raided his family’s home in Dundee last year. When police turned up at his door on Griffin, who volunteered to work with kids at [...]
