British pro-life advocates say York Minster Cathedral banned them from worship services last week while allowing another group of protesters carrying climate change posters to attend.
Leaders of the pro-life Christian group “Where’s Welby?” said they went to the cathedral on July 9 as part of their effort to urge Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to speak out against killing unborn babies in abortions, according to the group’s Twitter page.
However, the pro-life leaders said York Minster police, who provide security specifically for the cathedral, told them that they were not welcome.
“‘Where’s Welby?’ are in York, but we aren’t welcome here,” the pro-life group wrote on Twitter,
The group shared a photo of police confronting pro-lifers outside the cathedral, adding, “Here you can see us being told that the Minster police, at the request of the Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Gibraltar, won’t let the Where’s Welby team to worship in or enter York Minster.”
Meanwhile, the pro-life advocates said climate protesters were allowed in the cathedral to worship that same day.
“Here you see climate protesters next to us,” the group shared in a second Twitter post. “They have been allowed IN the Minster with their placards. Pro-lifers cannot worship in York’s cathedral. Climate activist can PROTEST there.”
International | Micaiah Bilger | Jul 13, 2023 | 3:18PM | London, England
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