Disgust over church decision to 'dig up graves' to build new home

London
London
Loughton
Essex
Sunday 4 January 2015 at 9:44am

The entrance to the church grounds. Credit: Google Street View

A church has been heavily criticised for reportedly digging up graves to allow for his new home to be built next to a church.

Disgusted residents have opposed the application for permission to exhume bodies to make way for a four-bedroom Manse (rectory) at Loughton Baptist Church in Essex.

The Reverend Wayne Dulson has denied the decision was motivated by money despite building the new home in an area of Loughton where houses commonly sell for more than £1 million, according to a report in the Mirror.

ITV London has tried to contact the church, which previously issued the following statement in response to newspaper reports: