SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
Tuesday 7 January 2014
CAMPAIGNERS are today planning to hand over a 1300-name petition to the acting Bishop of Motherwell calling for the return of their suspended parish priest.
Parishioners from St John Ogilvie’s RC church in High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, are divided over whether Father Matthew Despard should be allowed to return to his job.
Local resident Helen Ann Hawkins started a petition to remove the suspension, and more than 1300 signatures have been added in support of his return.
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