Bishop defends right to live in castle

Evangelical Bishop of Durham and esteemed New Testament scholar Rt Rev Tom (NT) Wright has been defending his right to live in the lavish Auckland Palace, according to yesterday's Telegraph (London).

Bishop Wright attacked "the forces of commercialism" for depriving the Church of some of its "most deep-rooted symbols" by selling off its ancient heritage for short-term gain. He warned against "inverted snobbery" and received support from the Telegraph, who commented in their leader column that the bishop "is being neither selfish nor spendthrift. He is being pragmatic and intelligent by stating that hardly any money will be saved by relocating him and that any money saved will not be worth the concomitant loss of splendour."

Read the summary here.