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'Nonsense' for force youth worker to quit

A youth worker appointed by local churches had to quit her office at the Bridge Centre in Haddington after only 10 days – allegedly because she refused to make a vow of religious silence.

It is understood that Linda Greig lost her office space because the centre’s management committee decided her work was not compatible with the facility’s aims and ethos.

Although Miss Greig agreed that she shouldn’t use the centre to promote Christianity, she refused to promise that she would never to talk about faith issues to anyone there, if asked.

The recently-qualified youth worker, who was formerly a craft and design teacher at Dunbar Grammar School, was appointed by all Haddington’s main churches – Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic and Episcopalian, and the Garvald and Morham Church of Scotland congregation – to set up youth cafes, work in schools and do outreach work.

Her 12-month contract officially started on September 1, and she moved into her office at the Bridge Centre five days later.

But in only her second week, she was told she had to vacate the premises.

Full story at the East Lothian Courier.