Middleton when the key holder went on holiday. But when Minister James Pate returned just days later he was met with destruction, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
Inside there was £14,561 worth of damage including several smashed stained glass windows and a damaged alarm system.CCTV footage from next door showed James, also of Middleton, entering the church on crutches after arriving in a taxi.Minister Pate told the court in an earlier hearing that this was a ‘revenge attack’ with the church due to vote on whether same sex marriage should be permitted.
James ‘took great exception to that’ and said it ‘would not be God's will’, the court was told.Prosecuting, Tina Cunnane told the court that Minister Pate left the church ‘locked and.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk