Blog comment: Father, forgive me
10 Mar 10 16:22 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Father, forgive me
The Stirrer 10 Mar 10
The Pope’s visit to Britain in September will come at a cost to taxpayers – possibly as much as £20million. It’s a moot point whether this amount - or, indeed, anything - should be spent on an organisation which still can’t shrug off the taint of child sexual abuse...
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