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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Morgan Ofori

Wedding photographer at centre of row with vicars calls for truce

Professional photographer shooting a wedding inside a church
The petition stated that ‘problematic vicars’ were more often than not ‘rude, humiliating, aggressive and abusive’. Photograph: Juan Napuri/Alamy

A wedding photographer at the centre of a row with vicars that has sparked an intervention by a former archbishop has called for the two camps to put aside their differences and work in peaceful harmony.

Last week more than 900 wedding photographers signed a petition started by photographer Rachel Roberts, who urged vicars to “improve” their working conditions after complaints that some clergy members had been making it difficult to take photos inside church premises.

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