Surbiton recovers from dearth of vicars

After a year and a half without a priest, this week the parish of St. Mark and St. Andrew welcomes the Reverend David Houghton.

Church-goer Mike Gidley said, "It has been hard to find a new priest, firstly because it is a complicated process, but also because there is a shortage of vicars at the moment - not a lot of people want to go into the calling anymore."

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