article_snippet: Picking up heartless and cruel' copy of the parish news, residents of the town of Westhoughton were probably expecting the usual mix of announcements, reminders and perhaps a page or two of genteel religious discourse.
article_snippet: Instead residents of the town of Westhoughton were treated to five pages of a minister ranting about his wife’s adulterous affair.
article_snippet: ’ Church leaders immediately recalled all copies of the Westhoughton Parish Magazine, prevented any further deliveries and ordered remaining copies to be pulped.
article_snippet: Some parishioners in Westhoughton called for the Bishop of Manchester to intervene.
article_snippet: the Westhoughton Parish Magazine has never been so controversial.
article_snippet: In 2010 He was made a lay minister and has been editor of the Westhoughton Parish Magazine for several years.
article_snippet: but I've worked for the parish magazine for 15 years and the majority of my stories have been happy.
highlights_snippet: 2,273-word tirade in parish magazine