Cornish bishops actively mislead in denying diocesan plans for church closures, pressure groups say The Bishops of Truro and St Germans are actively misleading the people of Cornwall by saying that there are no diocesan plans for church closures - because their own documents show that the likelihood of shutting churches is being openly prepared for, Save The Parish Cornwall and the Cornish Buildings Group (CBG) say. The two campaigning groups said earlier this week that the Bishops’ radical restructuring plans will change the face of church going – and the Cornish landscape - forever. The Bishops responded (27/10/22) by saying that there were no diocesan plans for church closures. “The Bishops are simply playing with words here and are actively misleading the people of Cornwall,” said Susan Roberts of Save The Parish Cornwall, which is campaigning to keep priests in parishes and churches open. “Plans drawn up by deaneries which envisage huge benefices hav...
