The Orange march due to take place on Easter Sunday will no longer pass by two Catholic churches in Glasgow following a Glasgow City Council vote.
A unanimous decision was made by councillors at a Public Processions Committee today (Tuesday) to re-route the walk, which usually goes past St Alphonsus and St Mary’s in the city centre.
The decision comes on the back of an attack on a parish priest last year, when Father Thomas White of St Alphonsus was spat at outside the church.
A total of 80 letters of concern were submitted to the council from members of the public and parishioners of the church.
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Although Police Scotland raised no objections to the The Apprentice Boys of Derry (Bridgeton) marching, councillors decided to re-route the walk.
A report published prior to the meeting recommended that the Orange walk continue to go ahead, but that councillors consider various options, which included re-routing the walk and a requirement for the walk to assemble in Tullis Street at 9.30am, begin at 9.45am and return from Cathedral Square at 12.15pm.
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