'Dancing priest' to hold protest against defrocking

Neil Horan, the 'dancing priest' who has been defrocked by the Pope, says he intends to hold a vigil outside Buckingham Palace to publicise what he describes as the unjust way the Catholic Church has treated him.

'Dancing priest' to hold protest against defrocking

Neil Horan, the 'dancing priest' who has been defrocked by the Pope, says he intends to hold a vigil outside Buckingham Palace to publicise what he describes as the unjust way the Catholic Church has treated him.

He says he is surprised he was not given a chance to defend himself first in a Church trial.

The 57-year-old Kerryman dances to publicise his belief that the end of the world is near and grabbed headlines last year by disrupting the Olympic marathon in Athens.

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