CT article: Truro diocese tries to defend their plan for parishes in Cornwall

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The Truro diocese reiterated and defended its position on restructuring parishes in Cornwall. Local campaigners suggest that difficulty in recruiting clergy might be that priests are unwilling to take on unrealistic numbers of parishes that the diocese is suggesting rather than suffering from harassment from STP campaigners. ie. “Parish priesthood matters — and
the drive to move away from that, and from the ancient parish system that nurtures
it, diminishes the Church,”