Priest Changes Locks in Battle against Parish House Eviction

By Gerry Braiden
Herald Scotland
January 22, 2014

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OUTSPOKEN: Father Matthew Despard was suspended last year.

Father Matthew Despard, who has been suspended since last November, is alleged to be refusing to leave at the presbytery house of St John Ogilvie, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, having changed the locks.

He continues to live in the property against the will of the interim Bishop Of Motherwell Joseph Toal, leading to the start of court action against him.