City church hit by burglars.A COMPUTER and charity cash were stolen in a burglary at a city centre church. Thieves broke into the presbytery presbytery (prĕz`bĭtĕr'ē, prĕs`–), in architecture, the space in the eastern end of a church reserved for the higher clergy. It was also known in the early Christian Church as the apse, tribune, or exedra. next door to St Anthony's RC Church, on Scotland Road, through a ground-floor window in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon. They also stole a blue Peugeot 206 car used by the parish priest, Father Graeme Dunne. The house, which serves as a parish office and is also the home of Fr Dunne, was unoccupied at the time. Fr Dunne said it was the latest in a series of break-ins at the church over the past few years. He said: "It's a sad reflection on what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. . If they break in and terrorise Verb 1. terrorise - coerce by violence or with threats terrorize coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for old people, I'm not surprised they feel no difficulty in breaking into church property. "This is an area with a proud Catholic tradition, and there was a time when Scotland Road was one of the safest places to be a priest. "But there are still many excellent people in the area." Call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion