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XIn a controversy, priests and chorists in a cathedral performed “seven last shots of Christ” in a pub on Good Friday after services at the Archbishop of Wales Cathedral.
People singing songs with song players in Bangore Cathedral have told the BBC that “any excuse to bring out alcohol” and “go into the pub” “” because of the culture of drinking pride “.
Claims come in later days Andrew John retired as the archbishop of Wales with immediate effect after Two important reports Highlight the safety and abuse of concerns and misconduct in his Bangore province.
The church in Wales stated that “alcohol abuse is always inappropriate” and said that a policy was being developed about the use of alcohol.
Mr. John will also retire on 31 August as a bishop of Bangore, but the Church has called for a series of reviews and investigations of its state and cathedral.
It highlighted the reports “a culture in which sexual boundaries looked blurred”, excessive alcohol consumption and governance and protection of weaknesses.
While the Church leader in Wales has no suggestion of the erstwhile archbishop, behaved improperly, the representative body of the church stated that “Bangore’s state should have leadership, processes and changes in governance”.
Jessica, not her real name, said that she was attacked by someone who was trying to become a priest who was drinking alcohol at the Bangore Cathedral Oktrafest event in 2022.
“He was too much to drink,” he told the BBC.
“I already warned people that the night he was drinking much more than everyone. So these warnings were ignored and this caused that attack.”
Jessica, now in her early 20s, stated that another person was also sexually harassed in the 6th -century Guneed Cathedral.
He reported this and apologized, but he said that the drinking culture did not change.
Jessica said, “Many bottles of ProCo will pass through Sunday morning.”
“Any type of external phenomenon or large internal phenomenon was processo or wine.”
The church in Wales confirmed that Jessica was one of the two people who had complained about the man’s behavior and his priest training was not taken forward.
‘Seven last shots of Christ’
In 2023, after a Cathedral Concert on Good Friday, members of the song played for the drink.
“Some priests came out with the singers,” recalled Jessica. “It was considered appropriate to do seven last shots of Christ.”
The seven last words of Christ refer to the seven last sentences that Jesus spoke to the cross on Good Friday as quoted in the Bible.
“Because there are seven last words of Christ, we sang seven pieces of seven last words in the concert – and somehow translated into seven shots of Christ,” he remembered.
“I think I left after the first shot because I was like ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate’. For me a lot of people are taking shots in a dog collar that are to be comfortable me.”
Jessica said that she had visited Rome in June 2023 with the song playing.
“Every night we used to go first at once and then a restaurant,” he remembered.
“At that time I was a tetotle. I would be as if I do not want alcohol, I do not want to drink in this situation.
“This will not be a right answer, that will be questioned beyond faith. Like, this alcohol is free. Why are you not taking it? You should be it.”
ESME BirdEsme Bird was a late clerk in Bangore Cathedral for six months and sang with the song playing regularly in January 2023.
The 29 -year -old said that the culture and attitude for alcohol was “deeply unhealthy”, in which some people were “really frightening drunk”.
“There was a culture of drinking biping,” Esma said.
“Not necessarily all the time, but of course almost all services or a lot of alcohol around various events. It seemed to be an excuse to bring out alcohol, some excuse to go to the pub.”
Esme, who sometimes worked directly with the children in the singers, said that she became worried about the good of the young members of the song, especially the language used around them.
“This was the level of 18-rated sexual jokes, raw sexual humor, which performed in front of children at the age of six or seven,” said Esma.
“In the context of the safety of training, there was nothing at all. There was no training, so certainly in the context of starting me and I had no training to do anything, to do my work.”
ESME BirdThe ESME said it was asked to do only one DBS, despite being appointed a few weeks after the beginning.
“I looked around and I just thought, it’s not safe,” Esme told the BBC Wales investigation. “It is not a safe and nutrition and good environment for children.”
He said: “It felt a bad race after a school club instead of a professional organization.”
Esma said that she raised her concerns but eventually left as she was disappointed with the lack of action.
“This is not a sense of masculinity, but there is a great feeling of negligence and neglect and does not follow good practice,” Esme said.
“Creating a place where a maleist actor almost wanted whatever he wanted.”
The church in Wales stated that “concern about a drinking culture” inspired him to investigate and said that “was now not usually available” after liquor services.
A spokesman said he did not believe that Bangor Cathedral was unsafe for children, but said that policy and practice required improvement.
The spokesperson said: “Previous concerns about a drinking culture in Cathedral contributed to Bishop’s decision to travel.
“Implementation groups that are addressing recommendations from travel are developing a policy related to the use of alcohol. Alcohol is no longer available after services.
“Inappropriate use of alcohol within the activities related to the cathedral and during that the inappropriate use of alcohol included encouragement by some people towards others.
“This inappropriate behavior is addressed in the tasks that are necessary after the process of meeting.
“DBS checks are required and training in the UK law, and the church is protected in Wales policies.”
Regarding the blessings of beer, the spokesperson said that it was ever practiced in churches, but “alcohol misuse is always inappropriate”.
