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Youths attack church with wayward golf balls
A historic Lothian church has come under attack from an unlikely source – wayward golf balls.A new game seems to have sprung up in the village of Rosewell that sees youths attempt to fire golf balls over the top of the B-listed St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church from nearby playing fields.
Far from being a bit of fun, however, the craze has left local priest, Canon Hugh White, picking up the pieces of broken windows and tiles.
He said he had recovered 17 golf balls in the grounds following the most recent attack, while on another occasion he collected 75 that had been struck at the church. He said the repeated attacks on the church – which has just undergone a £250,000 refurbishment – had left him "angry and distressed" and struggling to forgive those responsible.
Full story at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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