A secretive Christian coven has issued an edict to its members to purge their pets after a relative of the sect’s leader was bitten by a dog.
Members of the Plymouth Brethren were reportedly told to cull their ‘dogs, cats, birds and mice’ in response to Bruce Hales’ four-year-old family member requiring stitches.
The order was reportedly issued by the Australian branch of the conservative Christian movement on 2 May, and also applies to the thousands of members in Britain.
In a letter delivered at services held in the UK, New Zealand and Australia parishioners were told it is: ‘clearly wrong’ to keep
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