Church minister shames congregation by dressing as tramp

Churchgoers were left shamed after they ignored a tramp who turned out to be their minister in disguise.

The Rev Derek Rigby sat in the porch to his church as the congregation arrived for a Sunday service, hidden beneath a wig and scruffy clothes.



He then settled on a pew in the church surrounded by syringes and began drinking from a can of beer.

But none of the worshippers at the Trinity Methodist Church in Prestatyn, North Wales, spoke to him or offered him any help.



The 51-year-old then took off his wig to reveal his true identity, before delivering a sermon based on the failure of the disciples to recognise Jesus Christ on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection.

He said: "I told the congregation they are a stingy lot. Everyone was amazed and later complimented me on my acting skill, though some said I had made them feel terrible."

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