Police clergyman still on cloud nine over honour from Queen

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Police clergyman 'still on cloud nine' over honour from Queen

Force chaplains devote thousands of volunteer hours each year in 'teamwork to dream work'.

Family album: Rev John Butcher, centre, with wife Angela and sons Nathan and Phillip

Date - 24th September 2019
By - Nick Hudson - Police Oracle

Police chaplains have been given a royal seal of approval – thanks to more than a quarter of a century of devotion to duty by a minister who believes “teamwork makes the dream work”. The Rev John Butcher has collected the British...

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