A priest has published a poem calling his parishioners "entitled" and blaming their "unlikeable" nature for his dwindling congregation.
Father Pat Brennan said "the righteous, the clique, the worthy" had forced him out after nine years at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Coventry.
The poem, titled Not I Lord Surely! and signed off as his "parting gift", was shared in the church newsletter alongside a message saying he had fond memories from his time as parish priest, but that you "can't please all the people, and those few who have been vocal in criticism in and outside of the parish have contributed to my leaving". He blamed them for putting new members off attending.
