Vicar Guilty of Illegal Wedding Scam

[ladyDeWint]

A Church of England vicar was found guilty yesterday of carrying out the biggest fake wedding scam Britain has ever seen.

The Reverend Alex Brown abused his position to marry 360 illegal immigrants to complete strangers.

Armed with a marriage certificate, the immigrants were then able to hoodwink the Home Office into giving them a visa to stay in Britain as a 'spouse', with access to education, healthcare and benefits.

At his Victorian parish church in the seaside town of St Leonards, East Sussex, Brown married up to eight couples a day between 2005 and 2009, a court heard.



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[johnworc]

He probably thought he was taking a stance on "human rights". Naive.

[Barryoneoff]

Blooody do-gooder!