Spitting on priest earns lengthy jail term

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

A man has been jailed for spitting on a priest for 10 months.

He spat on a Catholic priest in a “disgusting, cowardly and provocative” act as an orange walk passed a church.

Fr Thomas White was targeted outside St Alphonsus Church in London Road, Glasgow, on 7th July last year, when he was speaking to parishioners. Read more

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