A priest has launched an un-Christian attack on the poor and homeless and described them as ‘lying and messy’ people sent by God to test his faith.
Outspoken Father Ray Blake said one who regularly turned up at his church pleading for money was ‘an irritating little ——‘.
He accused the beggar of making a mess of his prayers as he passed his cap around his congregation looking for cash.
The controversial Catholic cleric said: “The trouble with the poor is that they are messy.
“There is a secluded area between the church and our hall, a passage, occasionally we find someone has got a few cardboard boxes together and has slept there, and if it has been raining leaves a sodden blanket, cardboard there to be cleaned up.
“Often it also smells of urine and there is often excrement there and sometimes a used needle or two.”
Father Blake, who is priest at St. Magdalen’s in Brighton, East Sussex, makes his outburst in a lengthy blog post titled The Trouble With the Poor. Continue reading