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| 2011-03-06 | |
| A Chaplain to the Queen who specialises in advising the clergy on marital problems has left his wife amid rumours of an affair with a woman in the congregation. Canon Andrew Clitherow, who has four children, has left his wife Rebekah. He announced the split on Sunday to his congregation at St Cuthbert's, in Lytham St Annes, Lancs. This is not the first time Canon Clitherow has left a wife. In the mid-1990s he was married to Elizabeth, with whom he had two children, when he met Rebekah. She was a pupil at Rossall School, where the young vicar spent time with the choir in his role as school chaplain. His wife-to-be was a teenage alto. By 1996, Elizabeth was living alone in nearby Fleetwood. Rev Clitherow had two children with Rebekah and they finally married in 2002. One member of Canon Clitherow's congregation said: "It is an absolute shock."
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #4 Mark up another point for clergy celibacy. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-03-06 11:00 |
| #3 ...who specializes in advising the clergy on marital problems Kinda like using a thief to catch a thief... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-06 09:14 |
| #2 This Pedo needs to get hit with a cattle prod to his n*ts. |
| Posted by: Goodluck 2011-03-06 06:49 |
| #1 At least he didn't leave her for a man. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-06 02:22 |