Post by Michael on Dec 21, 2009 10:22:30 GMT -5
It’s okay to shoplift' says Father Tim Jones
9:30am Monday 21st December 2009
By Gavin Aitchison
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4813836._It___s_okay_to_shoplift__says_York_priest/
And when some little old lady finishes up in the slammer for shoplifting, Father Jones will visit her once a fortnight and assume he's doing a real good job.
9:30am Monday 21st December 2009
By Gavin Aitchison
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4813836._It___s_okay_to_shoplift__says_York_priest/
WORSHIPPERS at one York church got a shock when their parish priest used the last Sunday before Christmas to advocate shoplifting.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda, broke off from the traditional Nativity story yesterday, and said stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option many vulnerable people had.
He told the congregation: “My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
“I would ask that they do not steal from small, family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda, broke off from the traditional Nativity story yesterday, and said stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option many vulnerable people had.
He told the congregation: “My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
“I would ask that they do not steal from small, family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices.
And when some little old lady finishes up in the slammer for shoplifting, Father Jones will visit her once a fortnight and assume he's doing a real good job.
