Catholic parents demand 'Vicar of Dibley' ban

[Skyfrog]

This one may interest my friends here. http://catholicinternetwatch.blogspot.c ... ibley.html

[Ken H]

Perhaps they should just replace the Vicar of Dibley with some real life clergy comedy like the "spitting vicar".
Truth is stranger than fiction.

[Nick]

What on earth do they think of Father Ted?

Talking of TV vicars, did anyone else watch An Island Parish in its various forms? All very nice an "community-minded", but it always struck me that the clergy were always more sanguine than their most zealous parishioners.

[animist]

Perhaps they should just replace the Vicar of Dibley with some real life clergy comedy like the "spitting vicar".
Truth is stranger than fiction.

perhaps he should have claimed that it was holy water which issued forth

[Trickle]

Probably just as well they didn't include 'Life of Brian' in RE lessons.

[Skyfrog]

It amuses me that these parents are accusing the Vicar of Dibley video of "Ridiculing the Catholic clergy", even though there is no mention of Catholicism in the clip and the series is based around an Anglican parish rather than a Catholic one!

[getreal]

Oh dear god! I despair, sometimes. I really do.

[Alan H]

Oh dear god! I despair, sometimes. I really do.

Let us know if He answers...

[getreal]

Personally, I think he suffers from a fair degree of hearing loss as he never, ever seems to hear me. In fact I have never found it in my heart to forgive him for igoring my pleas to go to the same secondary school as my brother. He's a miserable, vindictive, hard hearted sod.

Or deaf.

Edit: please forgive the appalling speling. It's lait and I'm tyred.

[Skyfrog]

The weird thing is that the vicar in that series is a very loveable and positively portrayed woman. If every vicar was like the Dawn French character then congegations would be a lot bigger!

[Dave B]

The weird thing is that the vicar in that series is a very loveable and positively portrayed woman. If every vicar was like the Dawn French character then congregations would be a lot bigger!

I agree! Might not get me in even then - but I am hoping that the vicar who replaces the miserable git that blighted on of our locals churches is a bit more human! Took me a tear to get him to stop his congregation completely blocking the pavement outside his church with their cars. Had to get the Arch Deacon and then the police involved.

He also got banned from a local pub, caused half the governors of the faith school to resign and booked a holiday for a date that he had previously agreed to do a wedding on.

I think he lost his vocation years ago.