Balaclava-clad protestors ‘guard’ Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route

[Michie]

A groups of masked protestors “guarded” St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Glasgow on Saturday, forcing a Loyalist Remembrance Day march to re-route, according to the Scottish Sun.

The march, led by the “Bridgeton Apprentice Boys of Derry”, had intended to pass the church with Glasgow City Council’s permission, despite a prior ban on marches entering that street. This restriction was implemented after a 2018 incident when the parish priest, Canon Tom White, was spat on and subjected to sectarian abuse outside the church during a loyalist procession.

As the march approached St. Alphonsus, participants encountered a group wearing green and white balaclavas and holding banners that read, “No anti-Catholic marches past Catholic Churches”. Police erected a barricade to separate the marchers from the church. The standoff, lasting over four hours, escalated as both groups exchanged obscenities and gestures.

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Balaclava-clad protestors 'guard' Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route - Catholic Herald

A groups of masked protestors “guarded” St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Glasgow on Saturday, forcing a Loyalist Remembrance Day march to re-route, according to the Scottish Sun. The march, led by the “Bridgeton Apprentice Boys of Derry”, had intended to pass the church with Glasgow City...

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[Wolseley]

They have imported the Troubles into Scotland now??? Belfast and Bogside wasn't bad enough???

Oy.

 

[John G.]

They have imported the Troubles into Scotland now?

Imported? Western Scotland is as sectarian as the worst parts of N. Ireland.
Do you think for one minute the Celtic - Rangers rivalry is purely about sports???

 

[Wolseley]

Imported? Western Scotland is as sectarian as the worst parts of N. Ireland.
Do you think for one minute the Celtic - Rangers rivalry is purely about sports???

I knew there were Scots regiments that committed atrocities in the Six Counties; but I guess I didn't realize the anti-Catholic hatred was as pronounced inside Scotland itself.

My ancestors on my father's side came from Manchester, County Kildare, and the Isle of Skye. With that kind of background, I guess I should thank my lucky stars I was born an American. My mother's people were all from the Alsace-Lorraine area of Germany. All the original immigrants from both sides came from Europe to Canada before coming to the U.S. in the 1860s. I'm a typical Yankee mutt, LOL.

 

[John G.]

I didn't realize the anti-Catholic hatred was as pronounced inside Scotland itself.

There are fanatics on both sides.

 

[Wolseley]

There are fanatics on both sides.

True. Of course, being a taig myself, I tend to be a bit biased, but certainly not biased enough to blow anybody to smithereens over it.