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The Times – Priest sues for right to reopen churches in lockdown

Scotland (February 18th, 2021) “A Glasgow priest has begun a legal action against church closures due to Covid-19 rules.

Canon Tom White, whose St Alphonsus parish includes the city’s famous Barras, has issued a pre-action letter to the Scottish government demanding that it ends the blanket ban on places of worship. A response must be made before Tuesday.

White said that he had ‘witnessed first-hand the grief and suffering that Covid-19 has caused for my parish members'”

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