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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rosie Shead

Argos manager-turned-vicar criticises ‘snobbery’ in Church of England

The General Synod, also known as the Church’s parliament, is meeting this week (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A vicar who described feeling “inadequate” on his journey from being an Argos employee to priesthood has criticised “a language of snobbery and elitism” within the Church of England.

A debate at the General Synod – known as the Church’s parliament – saw rapper Eminem quoted at one point by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, during a call to develop a national strategy for encouraging more working-class people into the Church.

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