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12 January 2017

3:00 PM

12 January 2017

3:00 PM

A few moments after saying the communion rite, the priest looked at his congregation and uttered easily the most disturbing thing I have ever heard said in a church: ‘If anyone wants a gluten-free Eucharist, please queue up on this side.’

The builder boyfriend, already grumpy at being made to go to mass, tittered behind me.

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