十代の少年少女s who vandalised church may escape 起訴 after mothers 軍隊d them to apologise to congregation

By Daily Mail Reporter
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Two 十代の少年少女s who 原因（となる）d £1,000 価値（がある） of 損失 to a 14th-Century church could have 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s against them dropped after their mothers ordered them to stand up in 前線 of the congregation and read out a five-minute 陳謝.

The 15-year-old vandals, who live in the village, told a 50-strong congregation that they were sorry for breaking into the historic building and 原因（となる）ing havoc with two 解雇する／砲火／射撃 extinguishers.

Church 公式の／役人s said the 損失 was so 広範囲にわたる that it looked like a natural 災害.

The church was covered in powder after the teenage gang let off two fire extinguishers

The church was covered in 砕く after the 十代の少年少女s let off two 解雇する／砲火／射撃 extinguishers

It took a team of four professional cleaners using specialist 器具／備品 an entire week to finish the clean-up 操作／手術 - and left the congregation without a church during Christian まとまり Week.

But in return for the pair's '勇敢に立ち向かう and 神経-wracking' penance, the Reverend Dr Donald McFadyen, of Bassingbourn Parish Church in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, asked 地元の police to call a 停止（させる） to their 調査.

He said: 'It was probably about the hardest thing that anybody could be asked to do. They both stood up there on their own and read out a 声明 which 基本的に said they were very sorry for what they had done.

'The congregation unhesitatingly 受託するd their 陳謝. I led the church in 説 together "We 許す you".

'Asking forgiveness and 存在 forgiven i s woven into how human 存在s live together. It is central to the Christian 約束.'

The vandalism took place に引き続いて the Sunday service on January 18 when a group of six 十代の少年少女s let themselves into the church, which is 打ち明けるd during daylight hours.

Once inside, they 始める，決める off the 解雇する／砲火／射撃 extinguishers which coated the entire church in a pale pink talcum 砕く.

Rev Dr Donald McFadyen said after the boys' 'brave' apology the congregation immediately forgave them

Rev Dr Donald McFadyen, pictured sitting in the cleaned-up church, said after the boys' '勇敢に立ち向かう' 陳謝 the congregation すぐに forgave them

Dr McFayden said: 'It looked like some 肉親，親類d of dust 爆弾 had gone off. At first we even thought the roof had fallen in.

'The 砕く was still in the 空気／公表する when my 隣人 first arrived. She said it was like walking into a 砂じん嵐.

'It was a 大規模な 仕事. They had to wipe 負かす／撃墜する every pew, every Bible, every candlestick.

'The font and the alter were covered in 砕く and the curtains and rugs all had to be laundered.'

A parishioner recognised one of the youngsters as they fled the scene and told Dr McFayden who in turn 報告（する）／憶測d them to their furious parents.

The two boys who 始める，決める off the 解雇する／砲火／射撃 extinguishers were dragged before the congregation, while the other four have been dealt with by their parents.

Dr McFayden said: 'To his credit the boy who was s potted owned up straight away.

'Thankfully the parents すぐに said this is not on and the church was one of the worst possible places to do something like that. They were really angry and embarrassed.'

The boys 申し込む／申し出d to help with the きれいにする and 支払う／賃金 the 保険 超過 of £250 before 存在 marched 負かす／撃墜する to the church on Sunday to make a very public 嘆願 for forgiveness.

Parishioner 告訴する Simpson said it was a moving moment that 回復するd 居住（者）s' 約束 in young people.

She said: 'It showed 広大な／多数の／重要な courage and 責任／義務 from the families 関心d and I hope as a church we 答える／応じるd with grace.

'I think they may have been surprised by the warmth of the welcome they received after they apologised.'

A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Police 確認するd that Bassingbourn Parish Church had asked for 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s to be dropped after 最初 報告（する）／憶測ing the 罪，犯罪.

But she said the 事例／患者 against them was not fully の近くにd.

She said: 'Unfortunately it is not their 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 減少（する） 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s. At the end of the day more than £1000 価値（がある） of 損失 was 原因（となる）d to the church.

'Once a 罪，犯罪 is 報告（する）／憶測d police cannot stop 調査／捜査するing just because someone asks us to. We are in the 過程 of deciding what will happen next.'


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