Father Jeffrey Woolnough decided to lead a public recitation of the rosary after being denied access to minister to Sir David Amess, who was murdered yesterday afternoon. 'I thought: if I can’t go in, then Our Lady has to go in,' Father Woolnough
British police stopped priest from giving last rites as stabbed Catholic politician lay dying
UPDATED: ESSEX, U.K. (LifeSiteNews) — A British M.P who was stabbed to death was unable to receive the last rites yesterday as police would not allow a Catholic priest to access the crime scene. Essex police has not yet made known the reason why.
According to an article published in the Daily Mail on Friday, as news broke that Conservative British M.P., Sir David Amess, had been stabbed, Father Jeffrey Woolnough made his way to the crime scene to administer the last rites. He found the area cordoned off by the police who did not allow him to access to the crime scene. Sir David Amess, a Catholic, eventually died of his injuries without receiving the last sacraments of the Church. -- More...
