Priests In a Cathedral described as “the culture of” biping procurement “,” seven last shots of Christ “have been accused of playing the game. Good Friday service,
Former song players in Bangore Cathedral have claimed that “there was an excuse to bring out Wine“In the church, which is complicated Dispute in recent weeks,
Charges follow a security review in Bangore Cathedral, which raised complaints about alcohol use and sexual behavior.
Archbishop of Wales, Andrew John, Announced your retirement After the important report of his state.
There is no suggestion that the archbishop behaved unfairly. The church in Wales told the BBC that in the light of the report, “Bangore’s state should have leadership, processes and changes in governance”.
A former singer in the church anonymously told the BBC that he was sexually assaulted by a man training to become a priest in 2022.
In Wales, the church told the BBC that she was one of the two people who had complained about man’s behavior.
The incident was reported and the man’s priest training was not taken forward.
The woman said that the man had “too much to drink”.
He said: “I have already warned people that night that he is drinking much more than everyone else. So these warnings were ignored and this caused that attack.”
Although he was forgiven, he said that the drinking culture did not change.
He said, “Many bottles of Propco will pass on Sunday morning.”
“Any type of external phenomenon or large internal phenomenon was processo or wine.”
He also recalled an inappropriate drinking game played by the members of the song and the members of the priests after a cathedral concert on Good Friday in 2023.
“Some priests came out with the singers,” he said. “It was considered appropriate to do seven last shots of Christ.”
“Because there are seven last words of Christ, we sang seven pieces of seven last words in the concert – and somehow translated into seven shots of Christ,” he said.
“I think I left after the first shot because I was like ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate’. For me a lot of people are taking shots in a dog collar that are to be comfortable me.”
A former late clerk in the Cathedral also shared his experiences of “the culture of drinking a lot of pride”.
The 29 -year -old Esme Bird told the BBC that some people would be “really frightened” and concerns would be shared around the lack of security training.
A church spokesperson in Wales told the BBC that he could not believe that Bangore Cathedral was unsafe for children, but needed to improve policy.
He said that “misuse of alcohol is always inappropriate”, saying: “Previous concerns about a drinking culture in the cathedral contributed to the decision of the bishop to travel.
“Implementation groups that are addressing recommendations from travel are developing a policy related to the use of alcohol. Alcohol is no longer available after services.
“Inappropriate use of alcohol within the activities related to the cathedral and during that the inappropriate use of alcohol included encouragement by some people towards others.
“This inappropriate behavior is addressed in the tasks that are necessary after the process of meeting.
“DBS checks are required and training in the UK law, and the church is protected in Wales policies.”
The Independent has approached the Bangore Cathedral and Church in Wales.