The prohibition on worship has been overturned by Lord Braid in the Court of Session after a challenge was brought by a coalition of 28 faith leaders. Lord Braid said the regulations went further than the government was lawfully able to do, but this did not mean churches should “reopen immediately or that no restrictions are required”. One of the challengers, Glasgow Catholic priest Canon Tom White, said he was “overjoyed” by the result, which “highlights the significance of the church’s role in the very fabric of our society”. Canon Tom White has been successful in his legal challenge over the ban of worship. He said: “The court has understood the essential need to protect not only the physical and material health of our society, but also it’s spiritual needs and therefore overturned the disproportionate, unnecessary and now deemed illegal blanket ban on public worship.” Rev. Dr William Philip, senior minister at the Tron Church in Glasgow, said: “We are very pleased that Lord Braid has recognised how essential gathered church worship is to our communities and to Scotland as a whole. “From the outset we have recognised the serious decisions the Scottish ministers had to take in response […]
