Dorset vicar apologises for church magazine poems targeting fat people, benefit claimants, and ‘illegals’
The poems referenced ‘boat loads of illegals’ and ‘the great big fat ones’
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NewsUKHome NewsDorset vicar apologises for church magazine poems targeting fat people, benefit claimants, and ‘illegals’The poems referenced ‘boat loads of illegals’ and ‘the great big fat ones’Paul Vass Thursday 30 April 2026 09:57 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2967873","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dorset-church-poems-uplyme-parish-news-b2967873.html","title":"Vicar apologises for church magazine poems targeting fat people and ‘illegals’"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-32685","index":0}St. Peter and St.
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