Ordinariate Watch: One man's life, and how the church he loved let him down

There have been few certainties in the complex and troubled world of John Hepworth. His childhood was seared by poverty, loneliness and aggression. From the age of seven, he says, he often fled this life for the comfort and absorption of prayer.

On his own admission, Hepworth, 67, was at times an arrogant and needlessly flamboyant young man who easily made enemies as he pursued his chosen path. These traits, he concedes, may have damaged him, too, fuelling a perceived vendetta that continues to this day.

But he was a man of God, he says, and he had a dream.

In the end, however, he says it was the church he loved that let him down. To read more, click here.

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