The bishop of London has told anti-capitalist activists camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral that although he understands their motives they also had to understand that the Church has more important things to think about than morality.
Speaking minutes after addressing Occupy London protesters on the cathedral steps for the first time, Dr Richard Chartres said:
Getting the legal situation clear about how we can resume fleecing tourists with our exorbitant entrance prices to the Cathedral is a much more pressing matter for the Church authorities than pie-in-the-sky discussions about morality. The cathedral charges £14.50 for entry and, with the restaurant and gift shop also shut, we estimate we’ve lost more than £100,000 because of the protest.
On the subject of the Cathedral’s decision to forcibly evict the protesters, he added:
I don’t myself subscribe to the idea that using violence to evict the protesters is instantly going to lead to confrontation. If the protesters quietly and peacefully accept being baton charged and hit over the head by mounted riot police there’s no reason why a reasonable discussion cannot be had while they’re being dragged away by their hair.
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Pride's Purge 
“we will of course pray for everyone (who has paid the modest entrance fee)”
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Not so modest…..
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helps keep the riff-raff where they belong, after all part of the mission is to keep people in their divinely appointed places
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Opiate of the masses …….
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Bloody expensive opiate ….
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Exposed as the hypocrites we know them to be.
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Church = Friend of Establishment = Corruption = Hypocrite
Religions = Self Interest Selfishness = Bias = xenophobia = War Mongering
I wonder why so many people fall for it?
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