Church officials are investigating a couple's complaint that a vicar threw their two-year-old son out of their wedding ceremony for being too noisy.
The vicar, David Cameron, asked for the child to be removed when he kept repeating his father's name. He also ejected a guest who complained , telling her not to 'make a scene'.
Ashley and Vicky Thorpe complained to the Lichfield diocese, claiming that their wedding in Fenton, Staffordshire, had been wrecked. Archdeacon Godfrey Stone is investigating the allegation.
Vicky Thorpe said: 'The ceremony was ruined for me with all the stress and because my son, Cameron, was not there. It was supposed to be my special day, but everyone was talking about what had happened. I wish we had gone to a register office. It's not unexpected for a child to talk during a wedding - that's what two-year-olds do. No one else minded, but the vicar stopped everything and said he couldn't carry on. Then a relative stood up to say the boy was doing no harm and she was asked to leave, too.'
The bride's uncle, Michael O'Driscoll, said: 'Cameron wasn't screaming and crying; he was making baby noises. I've never witnessed anything like it.'
Gavin Drake, of the Lichfield diocese, said: 'The allegations are very serious. It's essential to all parties that this isn't rushed.'
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