Sir David Amess death: Catholic bishop calls for last rites to be recognized as 'emergency service'

Shrewsbury, England, Oct 19, 2021 / 05:55 am (CNA). A Catholic bishop called on Tuesday for greater recognition of the last rites as an 'emergency service' in the wake of the killing of British lawmaker Sir David Amess. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, western England, made the appeal on Oct. 19 after police reportedly turned away a priest who sought to administer the last rites to the Catholic Member of Parliament at the scene of the attack in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. 'Every Catholic Christian

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