St Paul’s Cathedral Cleric Resigns Over Occupy Protests
Occupy London Protest (Photo: Laura Lynch)
A senior cleric at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral has resigned over the handling of ‘Occupy London’ protests outside.
Giles Fraser, the Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s, told a British newspaper, he believed the cathedral authorities had set a course of action that could entail violence in the name of the church.
The church authorities have asked the protesters to leave.
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