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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood

Bangor Cathedral choir suspended after singing ‘inappropriate’ hymn

Bangor Cathedral.
The protest hymn, followed by a walk-out, was staged after the cathedral announced that five staff were at risk of redundancy. Photograph: Clive Davies/Alamy

A cathedral choir has been suspended after it performed an “entirely inappropriate” piece protesting about job losses during holy communion.

Bangor Cathedral, which was criticised earlier this year over a culture of excessive drinking, sexual promiscuity and inappropriate banter, said it had “paused all choir activity” for a month after the incident. It also said that Joe Cooper, the cathedral’s director of music, was “currently away from his duties”.

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