Offensive chaplain ‘won’t be returning’

A university has said a Catholic Chaplin won’t be returning to his role in September after holding a service to atone for the “gross offence” of Pride Glasgow.

Father Mark Morris, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, in Glasgow, invited parishioners on Monday night to a rosary of reparation.

According to the church’s website, the service in Glasgow was a “Rosary of reparation for the gross offence to God which is Pride Glasgow.”

Father Morris, who is the Catholic chaplain of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), held a service offering decades of the Rosary, Litany and Benediction in reparation for the LGBTQI+ event.

Saturday’s Pride march was led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who called the event “celebrating and reaffirming the values of tolerance, diversity, equality, love and respect.”

But now Glasgow Caledonian University has issued a statement saying he won’t return to his post for the new university term in September.

Principal Prof Pamela Gillies CBE FRSE said: “Following due consultation, Father Mark Morris will not return to his chaplaincy role at the University in September.”