Vicar fourth in a row to split from wife
Published Date:
13 August 2008
A VICAR this week denied his church was cursed despite him being the fourth clergyman in a row to split from his wife.
The Rev Darren Moore, vicar of St Wilfrid's Church in Brayton, broke the news from the pulpit he and wife Linda had separated after 12 years of marriage.
But the 38-year-old has insisted being in charge of the Doncaster Road place of worship wasn't a poisoned chalice.
He said: "I'm surprised by the church's unfortunate history.
"It's just unfortunate. I don't believe the church or rectory are cursed, although God does move in mysterious ways."
No one else is believed to be involved in the separation.
Seeing unlucky-in-love vicars split from their wives is nothing new for Brayton churchgoers, who heard the news last week.
Former vicar the Rev David Reynolds and wife Christine separated in 1998.
Two years earlier the Rev Ron Mitchinson left wife Freda for Diana Hancox, 20 years his junior.
And ex-rector the Rev Bob Rogers' wife Wendy left him for chorister Neil Salisbury in 1992.
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14 August 2008 8:57 AM
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