It is hardly the language normally expected of the clergy, but one Roman Catholic priest has felt moved to describe the poor as messy, irritating “b-------” who take drugs and lie.
Destitutes sleep rough outside the church and beg for money during prayers, says Fr Ray Blake in a blog post titled “The Trouble With The Poor”.
They even deter some of his congregation from attending Mass, he adds.
Today the priest said that his point was that helping the needy was seldom a comfortable experience, but stressed that the Church had to respond to them.
The priest, who has served in his parish for 13 years, wrote with unvarnished candour: “There is a secluded area between the church and our hall, a passage. Occasionally we find someone has got a few cardboard boxes together and has slept there and if it has been raining leaves a sodden blanket, [and] cardboard there to be cleaned up. Full story...
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Destitutes sleep rough outside the church and beg for money during prayers, says Fr Ray Blake in a blog post titled “The Trouble With The Poor”.
They even deter some of his congregation from attending Mass, he adds.
Today the priest said that his point was that helping the needy was seldom a comfortable experience, but stressed that the Church had to respond to them.
The priest, who has served in his parish for 13 years, wrote with unvarnished candour: “There is a secluded area between the church and our hall, a passage. Occasionally we find someone has got a few cardboard boxes together and has slept there and if it has been raining leaves a sodden blanket, [and] cardboard there to be cleaned up. Full story...
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