27 OCTOBER 1961, Page 15

INTRUSION

SIR,—Monica Furlong has some pretty odd ideas of press intrusion. She says that I 'insisted' upon the interview with the unfrocked vicar which appeared in the 'Where are they now?' series in the Sunday Express on October 15.

In fact, I did nothing of the sort. I explained the nature of the series to the former vicar and asked him if he would allow me to interview him. He agreed to my request. It was only in the course of this interview that he revealed that there were some subjects about which he was prepared to be less than frank.

At no time did he raise any objection to his story appearing in the series. Had he done so, I would not have pursued the matter further.