'THE Revd Tim Codling, Rector of St John the Baptist, Tilbury Docks, in Essex, has said his church has been “violated” by fraudsters targeting it for sham marriages. The diocese has admitted that the problem has become “unmanageable”.Mr Codling has referred 64 marriages in the past three years to the police and immigration authorities, after he became suspicious about the high number of weddings between African and EU nationals. Once they are married, non-European nationals can apply for British citizenship.'
Church Times.
