David Norris (Independent)

——close to simony. That is exactly what I was going to say. The selling of indulgences was one of the things that started off the Reformation. I have bought such things because, although I do not approve of it theologically, I respect the feelings of other people, particularly when they are grieving. Sometimes people are comforted by having a mass said, and I respect this. What one wants to do as a human being is to give some degree of solidarity, support and comfort. I am aware of the fact — it is pretty disgusting — that there is an element of scam involved in some of these things, and it is insulting. The Church itself should move to regulate this as much as possible.

In instances when I do acquire these mass cards, I go to the little church off Grafton Street, in Johnson's Court. Is it Whitefriar Street?