Protest camp legal action suspended
The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral in London has unanimously agreed to suspend its legal action against the Occupy London protesters camped outside, it announced today.
The cathedral said it had taken time to reassess the situation following the resignation the Dean, the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, and had a meeting with the Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres.
Dr Chartres said: “The alarm bells are ringing all over the world. St Paul’s has now heard that call.
“Today’s decision means that the doors are most emphatically open to engage with matters concerning not only those encamped around the cathedral but millions of others in this country and around the globe.”
Members of the Chapter met representatives from the protest camp this morning in a bid to engage “directly and constructively with both the protesters and the moral and ethical issues they wish to address, without the threat of forcible eviction hanging over both the camp and the church”, a spokesman for the cathedral said.
