Rev Dr Shaw James Paterson said he was discouraged from going to university as a teen.
A man who was discouraged from going to university and was expected to become a bricklayer has been named as the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
When he was younger he was told his Lanarkshire accent would hamper his life prospects and at school teachers said there was no point continuing his studies, but he was encouraged to do so at home. Top news stories today He still does some tiling for people, and describes himself as “hands on with property in my church”. After finishing his undergraduate degree, Dr Paterson married his wife Christine at the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.
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