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(Kentnews) Anglicans leave Church of England for Rome

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

Churches have seen their congregations decimated this week after dissident Anglican priests and their parishioners turned to Rome.

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of the exodus in both Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells as worshippers opted instead to celebrate their first mass at Catholic churches.

In Tunbridge Wells, Father Ed Tomlinson led 70 worshipers to join St Anselm’s Roman Catholic Church in Pembury leaving a congregation of just 15 at his former church St Barnabas.

Meanwhile, Father Ivan Aquilina took 40 parishioners with him to St Thomas’ Roman Catholic Church in Sevenoaks leaving 50 at the town’s St John the Baptist Church.

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2 comments on “(Kentnews) Anglicans leave Church of England for Rome”

  1. Intercessor says:
    March 15, 2011 at 7:31 am

    God Bless them.
    Intercessor

  2. Terry Tee says:
    March 16, 2011 at 3:31 am

    I think we should also pray for the remnant left behind. Both sides have integrity. In some ways it may be harder to be the small remnant, grieving and heart-broken over those who have departed, struggling to keep the church going. Obviously as a Catholic I am happy when anybody is reconciled to the Catholic Church, but in instances such as these I think of the human cost.