BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD
SHOOT HALF A DOZEN CLERGY AND A FEW BISHOPS LONDON, November IS. “It’s true I said it and I can’t deny it. I believe it,” said Hit Bishop of Chelmsford (the Rt. Rev. Dr. H. A. Wilson) when asked whether he really meant what he said at a Colchester induction service, about the need for shooting “half ki dozen clergy and *i few bishops.” Dr. Wilson added: “Life, is too easy in Britain, particularly regarding r. ligion. We have all become complacement, self-satisfied, smug and flabby. History has repeatedly shown thiat persecution never harmed religion, but strengthened th- 1 people's faith and cha racier. “L say ii would be belter here if somebody started persecuting us—ffes, and went round shooting a few clergymen. bishops included.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 23 November 1936, Page 4
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