I have checked both web sites and it seems to be a genuine story - I have logged on to the Sun web site by an old link to make sure that I have not been looking at a copycat site and the story is there but reading some of the other stories I get the impression the Sun site has been hacked, either that or Sun reporters were having a ball over the weekend with all sorts of strange substances (maybe that's nothing new!)
dr a. | Homepage | 12.10.06 - 8:49 am | #

Hi Dr. A,

The 'drunk' story is reported in today's Observer also ...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/u...src=rss& feed=11

And the Mail ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ pages...in_page_id=1770



Arbroath | 12.10.06 - 10:28 am | #

Hi.

I have been told that the full story (including an exclusive interview with Mr Sumpter [the car owner]) will be published in tomorrows (Monday 11th Dec.) Sun newspaper.

From the people I have spoken to, this story is true, and that the bishop really did have one too many.

Hope this helps!
Anonymous | 12.10.06 - 10:54 pm | #

Thanks for that Anonymous.
Arbroath | 12.11.06 - 10:20 am | #

Thanks for the links - saw the full story on the Times online, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2- 2497754,00.html which reports both of the alleged incidents.
dr a. | Homepage | 12.11.06 - 8:48 pm | #

Hi Dr. A,

I think it's looking increasingly possible that The Reverend had maybe partaken of a little too much beverage!

I'm not sure what happened to the link you posted. I can't click on it, and when I copy and pasted it I get a 404 page. That's probably because of the commas in it. Did you type it out yourself?

Cheers!
Arbroath | 12.11.06 - 9:06 pm | #

I agree with you Arbroath re the rev - I'm sure he won't be able to live it down for quite a while. I copied and pasted the html link for the Times into the comments and get the same 404 error as you when I try it but if I use the Times search facility it finds it and gives me that selfsame url. Weird - to say the least.
OK - just tried further - the ,00 should not appear in the url, also an embedded space gets replace with %20.
So make sure last bit of the url is 0,,2-2497754.html (no space,no %, and no ,00)
Dr. A. | Homepage | 12.12.06 - 11:49 am | #

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2- 2497754.html
Dr. A. | Homepage | 12.12.06 - 11:50 am | #

don't know what's happening in the comments here -- tried to post the url again and for some reason it stuck in a blank after the 2-

Ah well! I think you know how to access it now.
Dr. A. | Homepage | 12.12.06 - 11:52 am | #

Hi Dr. A,

I'm not sure why the link isn't posting correctly.

Test ...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/art...,2- 2497754.html
Arbroath | 12.12.06 - 12:06 pm | #