Priest 'spat on and threatened with baton' slams council as ban lifted on orange walks in area

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A priest who was spat on and threatened as he greeted parishioners has slammed Glasgow City Council for allowing a loyalist march to pass his church.The Bridegton Apprentice Boys of Derry have been granted permission for a procession on Sunday, November 10, that will take place in the street outside St Mary's and St Alphonsus churches in the Calton area.

Marches have been re-routed away from this area after Canon Tom White was spat on, threatened with a baton, and subjected to sectarian abuse after a mass on Saturday July 7, 2018.

Bradley Wallace was later jailed for ten months after his DNA was found to match the saliva on the vestments worn by the priest that day.

A number of applications for marches in the area were denied by the council afterwards but one was granted in May, 2019, and following further disorder Police Scotland advised processions should be banned from passing St Mary's and St Alphonsus.