Priest falls foul of congregation after 'tarts and vicars' party
A parish priest has resigned following a 'witch-hunt' against him after he dressed up as a hooker for a charity 'tarts and vicars' party.
By Patrick Sawer 8:00AM GMT 20 Mar 2011
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Discarding his dog collar for shiny gold tights, a little black dress, pink high heels, a pink necklace and a long black wig, the Reverend Martin Wray received a warm welcome at the charity event near his church in South Shields, Tyneside.
But the reaction when his picture was published in a local newspaper was less enthusiastic, and some parishioners complained to his superiors that he had brought the church into disrepute.
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Posted on Advocate.com March 23, 2011
Priest Stepping Down After Donning Drag For Charity
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An English priest who was photographed in hooker drag at a charity event has resigned from his congregation following what his sister refers to as a "witch hunt."
Upon arriving at the "tarts and vicars" event near his church in Tyneside, England, wearing shiny gold tights, a black dress, and pink high heels, the Reverend Martin Wray says he was received warmly. But after a photo of him in the get-up was published in a local newspaper, parishioners filed complaints about how Rev. Wray was representing the church.
My church only had coffee and doughnuts after the service. I'm kinda feeling cheated.
Quote from: tekla on March 24, 2011, 12:51:05 PM
My church only had coffee and doughnuts after the service. I'm kinda feeling cheated.
You could go to the church with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence! ;D
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Been there, got to love the Hunky Jesus contest on Easter Sunday. It's traditional now.
I wish I could say I found this funny.
The issues here are an aspect of the very foundation of the decline of England. Part of what Engles suggested when he said that we are all being 'Crushed under the weight of dead people.'
The lowest common denominator runs every society. It is the baseline. In the US, it is represented by the flag, patriotism, John Wayne values and so on.
In England, it is the reverence, parental reverence, that was traditionally paid to the aristocracy.
The aristocricy doesn't exist now, as such. (It hasn't actually existed since the 14th century, but we're not suppose to talk about that). But the reverance was and is mantained by a small cadrae of middle class fuddies who seem to weild enormous power. Yet it is clearly indicated that these people lack any semblance of intelegence, by the steady decline of the very institutions they seek to defend.
The CofE could, potentially, be a wonderful force for social good. There are few who could find serious issue with it since it accommodates such a wide section. (Interestingly, it is considerably more catholic than the Roman Church ever was!!). But sadly, it cannot progress. It, like so much in England and much of Europe, is being crushed under the weight of dead people.
The CofE could, potentially, be a wonderful force for social good.
Yeah, if it wasn't a church perhaps. A few other change too.
Quote from: tekla on March 24, 2011, 03:28:30 PM
The CofE could, potentially, be a wonderful force for social good.
Yeah, if it wasn't a church perhaps. A few other change too.
I'm thinking more along the lines of bringing the community together. The potntial is there. But there are few prepared to attempt to exploit it.
The religion aspect isn't as important since, as I pointed out, the CofE is more catholic than the Roman Church ever was.
The problem with the CofE is that it expects the peasants to come to it.
We Episcopalians over here Stateside derived from the CoE and while we are a tad bit on Canterbury's list of delinquent children, even here the church is slow in some ways and does worship the dead too highly as far as old customs and uses. My rector wanted me and another parishoner to simply change out an old style of light bulb in the church and we darn near had to call a parish meeting to get the altar guild to quit screaming about our defilement of the churches history of using certain bulbs. It was quite a ruckus but we finally got them to see the light about it. :P
Invisible god? = idiot
Pity some of the parisioners were not more familiar with the Bible. Sounds like they'd be shocked at who JC associated with!