A LOYAL order group march which was to pass a Glasgow church where a Catholic priest was spat on has been re-routed after police warned of potential for significant disorder.
The original route for the Apprentice Boys of Derry (Bridgeton) Easter Sunday parade would have passed St Alphonsus Church, Glasgow, where Father Thomas White was targeted as an Orange walk went by on July 7 last year.
Father White was spat on as he spoke to parishioners outside the place of worship in London Road.
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Bradley Wallace was jailed for ten months in February after admitting assaulting the priest - a charge aggravated by religious prejudice.
Glasgow City Council re-routed the procession, which will go from Tullis Street to Cathedral Square and back, away from the church, following a meeting this morning.
The new route is as follows:
Outward
Tullis Street, Main Street, Bridgeton Cross, London Road, Fielden Street, Gallowgate, Bellgrove Street, Duke Street, John Knox Street, dispersing into Cathedral Square.
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Cathedral Square, John Knox Street, Duke Street, Bellgrove Street, Gallowgate, Fielden Street, London Road, Bridgeton Cross, James Street, Mackeith Street, Main Street, dispersing into Tullis Street.
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