Norwich Cathedral helter skelter 'is a mistake'
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceThe clergy at a cathedral has been accused of being unprofessional and"poisoning the medicine" a church offers by installing a fairground ride.
The Right Reverend Dr Gavin Ashenden, former chaplain to the Queen, said the cathedral had made a"mistake".Image captionIt took four people two days to build the 55ft fairground ride in the Norman cathedral. Dr Ashenden, Bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church, said the clergy at Norwich Cathedral had been"unprofessional" and were"making a mistake about what a cathedral is good for".
"For such a place, steeped in mystery and marvel to buy in to sensory pleasure and distraction, is to poison the very medicine it offers the human soul," he said.Image copyrightThe Reverend Canon Andy Bryant, from Norwich Cathedral, said he could see why people would be surprised to see the helter skelter.
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