Cornish churchgoers’ deep concerns at Bishops’ restructuring plans spotlighted at Parliament
Cornish churchgoers’ deep concerns about the Diocese of Truro’s plans to slash clergy numbers and radically reorganise parishes were aired at a meeting in Parliament packed with people from across the country and at least 35 MPs. The meeting on Tuesday in the Houses of Parliament was organised by Save The Parish nationally for parliamentarians and concerned churchgoers to hear countrywide complaints over the Church of England’s radical reorganisation activities. MP Chris Loder (West Dorset), chairing the meeting, said that because of the pandemic “Parliament has been asleep at the wheel” in its constitutional oversight recently of the Church of England but that that would now change in light of the widespread concerns revealed both at last night’s meeting and elsewhere. "Although mainly Conservative MPs have spoken and offered support here tonight for STP and shown real interest in these issues, please don’t be mistaken - I know that that support is cross party and growing,"