Statement Regarding Former Priest Dennis Finbow
October 10, 2025
Parishioners at the Chapel of St Thomas More in Jay’s Green have welcomed the worshipping community of St John’s Anglican Church after a devastating fire left their building unusable.
The blaze broke out on the afternoon of Wednesday 1 October, with flames and dense smoke soon seen rising from St John’s. Six fire crews attended the scene, but the church suffered extensive fire and water damage, including the destruction of several stained-glass windows.
In a swift act of Christian solidarity, members of St Thomas More – part of the Waveney Valley Catholic Parish – proposed offering their church as a place of worship for their Church of England neighbours. That same evening, parish priest Fr Simon Blakesley contacted St John’s churchwardens to extend the invitation.
Pictured above is St John the Baptist Church in Harleston on fire. Picture by Tom Williams.
