Wages of sin
Sir: I was most sorry to see that in your issue of January 12 under 'The Wages of Sin ' you had allowed to be printed that hoary old chestnut — "Five centuries later it cannot be denied that many girls operate from premises owned by the churches and administered by their commissioners."
By using "the churches" and a small "c" for commissioners your contributor may possibly have hoped to spread the load of blame but I think the Church Commissioners would have a case for libel and most certainly the British Council of Churches would refute this slur on its members.
Would Mr Scarlet please be more specific. If he was just wildly casting aspersions would he please retract and apologise for it is denied, and most strongly too, that prostitution operates from the premises owned by and for the benefit of any Christian Church in this country.
Stanley Owen Elmdon Rectory, Tanhouse Farm Road, Solihull, Warwickshire
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