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Jul 15, 2006

Vicar kisses girl for doing math, gets sacked

Fired for kissing a girl on the forehead for getting a math problem correct.

Of course, if he had kissed a boy we'd be talking about something else.

Sad that we are encouraged never to touch, even in a reassuring manner.

Jul 15, 2006 in Episcopal, Anglican | Permalink

Comments

Surely if the vicar had taken part in any Child Protection training he would have known that kissing was inappropriate behaviour. So who is at fault here - vicar or the church?

Posted by: Freda | Jul 15, 2006 at 01:53 PM

Freda, you sound as if you're sure it's always inappropriate.

Frankly, if my rector or vicar kissed either of my kids on the head, I wouldn't spend a second worrying about it...

Posted by: David Huff | Jul 17, 2006 at 12:34 PM

I've heard about some of the rules, including the 'one arm only hug.' But I have to ask, if you hug someone with, say, your right arm, and they hug you back with their right arm, does that not a full hug make? And might it not also be grounds for dismissal?

Posted by: Heidi | Jul 18, 2006 at 06:08 AM

Ponder this now - after a strange hesitation, President Putin pulls up a little boy's shirt and kisses his stomach and he keeps his job as President of Russia? I'll take the vicar, please.

Posted by: CappyGirl | Aug 21, 2006 at 09:51 PM

Here is the URL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5155448.stm

Posted by: CappyGirl | Aug 21, 2006 at 09:53 PM

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