The gentleman concerned is the Rev James Milnes of St Mary's, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, SK10 4TW.

His church is in the relatively poor rural area of Cheshire in England, where 13% of its inhabitants suffer to be in the worst 20% of deprivation in the country (Source: Cheshire County Council).  It is also a county which confidently expects a 40% increase in unemployment in 2009 (ibid).

The charming church of St Mary's was used as a venue for a wedding in a television soap, and the Rev Milnes was so eager to get his hands on the location fee, he didn't scuple to help hide the church's cross so that it 'didn't offend viewers' (although he didn't waste time in bitching to the media about it afterwards).

Anyway, for letting the money lenders into the temple, the Rev Milnes got 4,600 UK pieces of silver (around US$8,000), and what does he plan to do with the money?

a)  start a fund for parishioners who might suffer in the coming depression

b)  help some of the already poor people in his parish

c)  save a basket of kittens from starvation

WRONG!  He decided that all that crap from the Nazarene about selling your coat and giving the proceeds to the poor was just so much static from the past.  What his church really needs is a solid silver processional cross!

Way to go Rev!  Now your parishioners can, as they grovel  behind the solid silver cross, give thanks that the good Lord has deemed to make them poor, and that  their children have crackers and water for dinner again.