Dorset vicar apologises for church newsletter poems targeting fat people, benefit claimants, and ‘illegals’
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- Category: United Kingdom
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-30 06:44 UTC
- Sources: The Independent
A Dorset vicar has apologised for a series of controversial poems in the local church newsletter. The poems referred to 'boat loads of illegals' and 'the great big fat ones'. Reuters reports that similar incidents have occurred previously.
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