24 July 2014, The Tablet

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Ahigh-church Anglican vicar has increased by as much as ten-fold his visitor count by opening what is believed to be the first full-time post office in a church. Last month, Fr Andrew Foreshew-Cain incurred a formal rebuke from his bishop when he married his partner, Stephen Forshew, a Catholic from Australia. But however much the Church of England hierarchy might disapprove of Fr Andrew’s lifestyle, his post office project would surely have the Lord’s stamp of approval. When, in 2012, he noticed on Twitter a plea for a new home for the local post office, Fr Andrew offered part of the west end of his church, St James’ in West Hampstead, north London. It opened last Friday, sharing space with a children’s soft-play centre, a stationery shop and delicatessen, as well
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