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British police alter rules to allow clergy access to crime scenes
April 04, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: New rules of police work in the United Kingdom will allow clergy access to crime scenes, to provide spiritual and emotional comfort.
The revised rules were recommended by a working group that was set up last year, after police were criticized for refusing to allow a Catholic priest to administer the last rites to Sir David Amess, a prominent member of Parliament, when he was fatally attacked.
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