What Simon said....
If you thought it was too good to be true, you were right. Many in Cornwall and elsewhere were delighted when the Archbishop of Canterbury announced in May that the Church of England is to pump £3.6bn directly into its 12,500 parishes over the next nine years - rather than urban churches. To the relief of many, Justin Welby , and the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, admitted the C of E had been heavy-handed in concentrating funds on urban churches in recent years. “Allocating money in the past was perhaps, if we’re honest, a bit too driven from the centre. Now we’re trusting the dioceses much more,” said Cottrell. Alas. In Cornwall, this was just pie in the sky. How do we know? Truro Diocesan Secretary Simon Cade has revealed all. In fact, just like before, in the Diocese of Truro this money will in fact be grabbed by the Bishops of Truro and St Germans to fund their pet mission projects.