My WhatsApp exploded with messages on the morning of Sunday, 29th June (the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul); however, on this occasion it was not parishioners asking to book rooms, but the case of the MP for Dorking and Horley, Chris Coghlan, being denied Holy Communion by his parish priest, Fr Ian Vane; it followed the MP voting for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the legislation to legalise assisted suicide.
Clearly, this was one of those moments where everyone wants the opinion of a canon lawyer to parse the standoff between priest and MP, between Church and State.
