RATEPAYERS will have more say in parish churches and rectories after reforms were passed by the States this morning.

RECTORS must keep control of their churches or the Dean of Guernsey will petition the Queen in council to defend local religious rights.

MONEY to maintain Guernsey’s church buildings should continue to come from islanders, the new Bishop of Winchester has said on his first official visit to the island.

SEVERAL hundred feral chickens have been removed from the Vale Church graveyard and the surrounding area.

THE shock discovery of a skeleton near St Saviour’s Church sparked a police inquiry, it emerged yesterday.

PEOPLE living near the site of a proposed new graveyard in Castel have cautiously accepted the plans.

A MAN who caused thousands of pounds-worth of damage at the Vale Church four years ago has escaped a prison sentence – because of his honesty.

FOUR years after considerable damage was caused to the Vale Church, a man has appeared in the Magistrate’s Court and admitted his responsibility.

A PULPIT swap took place yesterday leaving many congregations with a different preacher for the day.

ST SAMPSON’S former rector faces a financial claim from the parish after failing to remove his kitchen when he left.