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06/09/2012
As North Belfast Stays Quiet, Loyal Order Apologises For Music Outside Church
North Belfast was quiet last night for the first time after three nights of rioting.
The trouble had centred around parades in the divided part of the city and flared up on Sunday when local loyalists protested against a republican flute band being allowed to march.
But tensions this summer go back to the July 12 march when loyalist bands played a song known to have alternative anti-Catholic lyrics, outside a Catholic church.
A Protestant loyal order has now apologised for "any offence caused" by bands that played music outside St Patrick's Church on Donegall Street last month, in defiance of a Parades Commission ruling.
The Royal Black Institution said its anger was not directed at the Catholic church.
Father Michael Sheehan said: "I welcome this positive development and the sincere Christian spirit behind it."
He said he would give a fuller response next week.
In an open letter, the Institution said it had always had "good lines of communication" with the Catholic church and would like to foster those, but wanted to see the Parades Commission replaced.
It said: "Parading is embedded in the DNA of the Protestant community but the Parades Commission has shown an appalling lack of understanding about what that means.
"They consistently pander to the demands of people who have gone out of their way to be offended and whose aim is to remove all traces of the Reformed Christian Faith and cleanse Protestant culture from society."
(NE)
The trouble had centred around parades in the divided part of the city and flared up on Sunday when local loyalists protested against a republican flute band being allowed to march.
But tensions this summer go back to the July 12 march when loyalist bands played a song known to have alternative anti-Catholic lyrics, outside a Catholic church.
A Protestant loyal order has now apologised for "any offence caused" by bands that played music outside St Patrick's Church on Donegall Street last month, in defiance of a Parades Commission ruling.
The Royal Black Institution said its anger was not directed at the Catholic church.
Father Michael Sheehan said: "I welcome this positive development and the sincere Christian spirit behind it."
He said he would give a fuller response next week.
In an open letter, the Institution said it had always had "good lines of communication" with the Catholic church and would like to foster those, but wanted to see the Parades Commission replaced.
It said: "Parading is embedded in the DNA of the Protestant community but the Parades Commission has shown an appalling lack of understanding about what that means.
"They consistently pander to the demands of people who have gone out of their way to be offended and whose aim is to remove all traces of the Reformed Christian Faith and cleanse Protestant culture from society."
(NE)
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