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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sammy Gecsoyler

Bishop who shut down London choir in his dressing gown issues apology

A bishop who went on stage in a dressing gown and shut down a choir for making a “terrible racket” has apologised for the “distress and offence” he caused.

Last Friday, Jonathan Baker, the bishop of Fulham, told a room of about 360 people, including the City Academy Voices choir, to leave St Andrew church in Holborn, central London, as they neared the end of their special summer concert.

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