More Anglicans leave Church of England for Rome

A parish church has been torn apart by its priest’s decision to defect to the Roman Catholic Church.
By Edward Malnick
07 Apr 2012

On Wednesday, the 26-strong choir of St James the Great will sing for the congregation as they have always done during Holy Week.

But this week they will do so a mile down the road in St Anne’s Roman Catholic church, their new home.

Led by Fr Ian Grieves, the priest at St James in Darlington for 23 years, 58 parishioners will formally join the Ordinariate, the body set up by the Pope for disaffected Anglicans.

They are not alone: this week across England, 200 Anglican worshippers and 20 clergy will cross over to Rome. the rest