It seems it isn’t just Theresa May who’s been having some problems reading her calendar of late. Abu Qatada’s deportation is a pretty important process for the Home Secretary – almost as important, you could say, as the date of Easter is to the country’s second most important Churchman, John Sentamu.

And yet my man with a prayer book informs me that the Archbishop of York’s official email address is currently running an Out of Office which reads:

“The Office is closed for Easter…”

That’ll be Easter, which fell on 8th April – over a month ago. Either he’s got Easter wrong, or that’s quite some holiday.

Tags: Archbishop of York, Christianity, Church of England, Easter, Home Secretary, John Sentamu, Religion, Theresa May

Categories: Westminster

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2 Responses

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   Liam Beadle:

   It is, in fact, Easter until Whitsunday, which is 27th May this year. So, while the out-of-office reply might appear misleading, it is technically correct. Easter is a season.

   16.05.2012 16:37 Reply

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     markwallace:

     In which case that’d be a michty long holiday!

     24.05.2012 14:24 Reply