A PROTESTANT group has been told it is banned from conducting a parade past a Glasgow Catholic church where a priest was attacked.
Councillors have agreed that the Apprentice Boys of Derry (Bridgeton) must change its plan to march past St Alphonsus Church in Glasgow if the parade is to go ahead.
A committee has said there must be a detour to the Remembrance Day procession which was due to go past the church on November 11 on their way to Cathedral Square.
It comes after Police Scotland raised concerns about the march past the church where Canon Tom White was allegedly lunged at and spat on while speaking to parishioners outside following mass as an Orange walk took place on July 7.
Council chiefs are known to have accept that they have marched on a similar route past the church for ten years without causing any issues or concerns.
Canon White
Superintendent John McBride told the council that there is a "risk to public order" by allowing the parade to pass the church.
The officer met with Canon White to discuss the possibility of the parade passing the church but the cleric "respectfully requested" that no parades be allowed past the church until after the trial of the man accused of assaulting him.
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court accused of an assault on Canon White, aggravated by religious prejudice.
United Free Church of Scotland minister Rev Jason Lingiah, representing the Apprentice Boys, told the councillors: “We feel that, whilst acknowledging what happened to Canon White is unacceptable, things have been blown out of proportion completely by the Archdiocese and Canon White, who are milking this situation.
“The Archdiocese of Glasgow is having too much say. That’s creating even more tensions."
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