A vicar and his daughter who were arrested and questioned on suspicion of child neglect have been rebailed by police. Revd Jim Percival, 65, the vicar of Holy Trinity CofE Church in Freckleton in Lan...
A vicar and his daughter, arrested on suspicion of murder and conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child, have been re-bailed by police. Detectives said Revd Jim Percival, 65, from Holy Trinity CE Ch...
A vicar in North Wales has apologised after a Biblical lesson turned out to be a sexual innuendo as well. Rev Bob Marshall (above) put a sign outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in Buckley (below) referr...
A vicar has been forced to take a "sabbatical break for three months" after accusing some of his "grumbling" church members of "actively sabotaging his ministry Rev Andy Thewlis sent a 1,200 word let...
A priest from Norfolk has said sorry after telling children Father Christmas was not real. Revd Margaret McPhee made the announcement during a choir concert for primary school children from Stalham A...
A vicar from Essex has appeared in court charged with three counts of possessing indecent images of children. Peter Low, who is also accused of having a prohibited image of a child, attended a brief ...
Revd Paul Nicholson has been withholding council tax in protest over the welfare reforms A vicar from Tottenham faces a liability charge for not paying his council tax.Revd Paul Nicholson, 82, alread...
A north London vicar has applied for an alcohol license for his church. Fr Tom Plant, from St Michael's church in Camden, is waiting to hear if his application has been approved, saying Jesus "turn...
A vicar at the "Beatles church", where John Lennon met Paul McCartney, was allowed to carry on working for 24 year after he was convicted of abusing a schoolboy Rev John Roberts, who was based at St ...
A Somerset vicar's begun his attempt to run 24 marathons in just over two weeks for Christian Aid's Middle East appeal. Revd Mike Haslam from North Petherton is planning to run 1.72 marathons per day...
Pensioners looking for the best quality of life in England and Wales should apparently move to West Sussex. Places in southern and eastern England dominated the top 10 list, with Dorset, East Sussex,...
A vicar, along with his wife and daughter, has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a baby's body in Lancashire. Revd Jim Percival from Holy Trinity Chur...
Police have again released a vicar on bail who they were questioning on suspicion of rape after he was re-arrested, only weeks after being released on bail on s Revd Jim Percival, 64, from Holy Trini...
An Anglican vicar form Yorkshire is not allowed to practise as a priest ever again after having an affair with a mentally ill church member. The BBC reports a Church tribunal found that Rev Keith Han...
A vicar has been banned from teaching after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of inappropriately touching five pupils, despite a court clearing him of child Revd Canon James Andrew Christopher Wi...
A vicar has decided to remove the famous hymn 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' from a service on Remembrance Sunday, over concerns it will offend non-Christians. Rev Steve Bailey met with the local branc...
A vicar has barred an amateur production of the adult comedy Up Pompeii! from being staged at his church hall in south east London. The Rev Andrew Willett at Charlton United Reformed Church said the ...
A Welsh vicar won't be accompanied by his dog to Church this Sunday after he banned her for bad behaviour. Rev Glyn Austin is hosting a pet blessing service at St Cenydd's in Llagennith in South Wale...
A vicar in an Oxfordshire village has said she has no idea why so many tourists have started coming there. Revd Felicity Scroggie, from St Mary's Church in Kidlington, was speaking after a recent inf...
Thieves stole 21 ancient skulls from a church crypt display of what is thought to be the largest collection of its kind in Britain. The remains, believed to be around 700 years old, were taken from S...
