Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Lubbock, Texas

Catholic Mass Disrupted by Protestants at Canterbury Cathedral

In Canterbury England twelve thousand Roman Catholics attended a Pontifical Mass at the Church of England’s Canterbury Cathedral as part of an ecumenical effort. Protestant militants led by Rev Ian Paisley disrupted the service outside and inside the cathedral shouting anti Catholic slogans and hurling objects at the altar. Police kept order as Paisley faced arrest, and a later protest in a parking lot featured an egg thrown toward him. The Mass marked a Becket commemoration amid the church’s shared saintly status with Anglican and Roman Catholic ties.