Fr. Martin Newell Jailed
Our good friend Fr, Martin Newell was imprisoned today for 14 days for non-payment of a fine relating to the same action that Chris was sent to prison for in January.
Martin gave a good account of his reasons to the magistrate arguing that his work with refugees here in the UK naturally leads him to oppose war and conflict which creates so many refugees. He argued that as Christians we have to take regard for "whatever we do for the lesat of these" as Christ put it and those are the main victims of the war in Iraq.
UPDATE: We have heard that Martin is in Brixton Prison and hopefully will be released on Friday becasue of the Bank Holiday
Martin gave a good account of his reasons to the magistrate arguing that his work with refugees here in the UK naturally leads him to oppose war and conflict which creates so many refugees. He argued that as Christians we have to take regard for "whatever we do for the lesat of these" as Christ put it and those are the main victims of the war in Iraq.
UPDATE: We have heard that Martin is in Brixton Prison and hopefully will be released on Friday becasue of the Bank Holiday
