The reason people are turning away from the church? Power-crazed ladies in padded gilets who ride roughshod over the vicar, says CAROLINE BULLOCK – as she reveals how they’ve frozen her out in her Sussex town

Springing out the vestry like a whippet from a starting block, the white-haired woman striding towards me looking flushed and indignant.

‘You can’t park here,’ she boomed. ‘This space is for church users only.’

I knew that. In need of a little spiritual solace – that’s what had brought me here on a quiet Saturday afternoon, but she seemed unconvinced.

‘There’s a public car park at the other end of the town,’ she said, adding: ‘Nearer the shops and cafes.’

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