Paper Monitor
14:15 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor can't help but be struck by a couple of vicar stories that have hit headlines beyond parish papers.
First up, the Daily Telegraph reports a vicar is under investigation after swearing and mocking religious events on social media websites.
It says the Rev Canon Dr Paul Shackerley, of Doncaster minister, joked that "sin is such fun" on Facebook. Some of his other more publishable comments include him boasting about doing no work and getting excited about the "fizz of tonic in [his] gin beckoning" (Paper Monitor likes the cut of his jib on this point, at the very least). Another status update reads:
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According to the paper, extracts prompted a letter of complaint to church leaders about the "abhorrent" language and argued the vicar was unfit to serve the minister or people of Doncaster.
What makes the story slightly more strange is Dr Shackerley spoke about the pitfalls of posting on the internet in a newsletter just last month. So much for practising what you preach.
The Daily Mail has another tale, this time from a stunned congregation at St Helen's church in Ipswich, excited at the prospect of a major announcement from their bishop at a Sunday service.
Instead, the paper says, they were told their married vicar, Michael Tillett, had resigned after "".
The couple made a statement saying their love was no longer something they "could no longer deny".
Now Paper Monitor is not one for scandal or gossip, but given today's coverage, it is wondering whether it should start searching through parish newsletters for stories.
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