Vicar sorry for 'offensive' church mag Irish jokes

A vicar apologised today after parishioners criticised a church magazine for publishing offensive jokes.

Vicar sorry for 'offensive' church mag Irish jokes

A vicar apologised today after parishioners criticised a church magazine for publishing offensive jokes.

Trouble flared after members of St Mary’s Church in Mold, north Wales, saw the latest edition of the parish newsletter.

A number complained that the newsletter poked fun at the Irish and contained “smutty” jokes.

The publication, which has a circulation of around 350, contained a spoof “Irish Medical Dictionary” with joke definitions for medical terms.

One churchgoer described the jokes as tasteless and said they offended the Irish, and he believed they had upset a number of parishioners.

The vicar who edits the magazine, Rev Ian Day said the magazine always contained humour but added: “I’m terribly sorry this has caused offence. When we put the newsletter together no offence was intended.”

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