WE'RE PREACHING TO THE CONVICTED
The Sunday Mirror|August 18, 2024
Lags answer the calling to be priests
SASKIA ROWLANDS
WE'RE PREACHING TO THE CONVICTED

PRISONERS will seek redemption and try to wash away their sins by training to be priests.

In a pioneering scheme, inmates will commit to the Almighty and act as in-house assistant chaplains.

Jail bosses have blessed the cons pulpit project and pray it will boost mental resilience and cut re-offending.

Jailbirds who successfully make the leap of faith will bag a level 4 higher education certificate in theology from Westminster Theological College.

This story is from the August 18, 2024 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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