The priest investigating whether author G K Chesterton should be made a saint has said he will take account of Jewish concerns about the writer’s antisemitism.
Canon John Udris has been asked by the Catholic Diocese of Northampton to begin the lenghty process of considering Chesterton for canonisation.
If he considers the author, well known for his Father Brown detective stories, a suitable candidate for sainthood, an official application will be made to the Vatican.
But some members of the Jewish community feel the writer, who died in 1936, should not be put forward.
