Let us pay, says 'no coins' vicar
A vicar has banned coins from wedding collections and said that anything less than £5 notes are an "insult to God". Father Mark Sowerby is insisting that orders of service for weddings at his church, St Wilfrid's, in Harrogate, North Yorks, include the request "paper money only, please".
Mr Sowerby, whose Grade II-listed church costs more than £105,000 a year to run, said he does not have enough time to count small change. "I am heartily sick of counting small silver and coppers," he said. "Such gifts are not only insulting to God, but I have better things to do with my time." The initative has been criticised by locals. Dawn Whitton, who paid £600 for her daughter's wedding at the church last week, said: "I found it offensive and insulting."
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