Laurie Searle is a familiar face in Wrexham, having been a Street Pastor for nearly four years. He co-ordinates the work of the team which was set up in 2006 alongside the council, police and the Night Safe team to make the town centre a safe place for people to enjoy and to offer assistance to people who might be at risk. However, before moving to Wales with his wife Caroline in 2017 to take up the post of pastor at the Fairhaven Congregation neat Llanfynydd on Hope Mountain, Laurie had played a distinguished and important role in the run up to post-apartheid politics in his native South Africa.
Posted: Sat 6th Mar 2021
New police chaplain appointed to provide a “listening ear” forged his skills in South African politics
A new multi-faith chaplain appointed by North Wales Police to provide a ‘listening ear’ and support to officers and staff has made a long and interesting journey to our part of the world which more than qualifies him to administer pastoral care.
Laurie Searle is a familiar face in Wrexham, having been a Street Pastor for nearly four years.
He co-ordinates the work of the team which was set up in 2006 alongside the council, police and the Night Safe team to make the town centre a safe place for people to enjoy and to offer assistance to people who might be at risk.