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Church of England clergy 'hide from constant callers', study shows
Church of England clergy sometimes "hide from constant callers" to take a break from the pressure of church life, a Lancaster University study has found.
Researchers interviewed 46 deans to find "the personal costs of committing yourself to God".
Study leader Dr Caroline Gatrell said findings showed that "living in the vicarage is different from what you would do in most jobs".
As a result, clergy "developed strategies for coping," she added.
She said being a parish vicar could impact heavily on home life.
'Pretended to be out'
"Some found their vicarages were used as the parish office and there'd be a secretary in one of the back bedrooms.
"Also, there would be community lunches and one guy said it was common for people to wander into his home and start helping themselves to the contents of his cupboards.
"He said he had felt conflicted, because his wife had got quite upset but he wanted to be seen as a good host and a good vicar."
She said one interviewee said they worked to "preserve bank holidays and if they did not actually go out, they hid".
"They put the car in the garage and shut the door and went upstairs to a room at the back of the house, pulled all the blinds and watched TV and read with their family.
"If someone knocked on the door, they pretended to be out."
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No wonder the Church of England is in the state that it is. 
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Image of a crowd of vicars huddled in a corner, talking in whispers when the JWs come calling! 
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
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This is the wrong forum for bluffing
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Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Re: Church of England clergy 'hide from constant callers', s
Average 26 grand a year plus whatever they make from private services. House and bills thrown in. Only actually have to go to work one day a week. Forgive me for not giving too much of a fuck about their whining.
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Do they get any callers?
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I think I saw that episode of Keeping up Appearances 
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Re: Church of England clergy 'hide from constant callers', s
They show that in America?, I thought the BBC only exported its good stuff?Tyrannical wrote:I think I saw that episode of Keeping up Appearances
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Like Coronation Street! 
..does it still have the curry swilling guy from Red Dwarf (a show we never did get)?
..does it still have the curry swilling guy from Red Dwarf (a show we never did get)?
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