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St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria fights bishop – gets Court order to hold service

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Kendall Harmon

A Pretoria parish had to obtain an urgent court order to hold its church service yesterday.

The move follows a decision on Thursday by South African Council of Churches chairman Bishop Johannes Seoka to close the St Albans Anglican Cathedral for worship.

Seoka took the drastic decision following the resignation of resident priest Father Rudolph Paulse. The priest resigned last week after he was allegedly threatened with death by parishioners.

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2 comments on “St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria fights bishop – gets Court order to hold service”

  1. Pageantmaster Ù† says:
    May 22, 2012 at 1:09 am

    How bizarre when you have to fight your bishop in court to hold a church service. What are we coming to?

  2. MichaelA says:
    May 22, 2012 at 7:43 am

    [blockquote] “The priest resigned last week after he was allegedly threatened with death by parishioners.” [/blockquote]
    That’ll do it…