Cathedrals in crisis: fears of closure as half face big cash problems

Bishop examining finances of England’s Anglican cathedrals to look at possible impact ‘if individual cathedrals fail’As many as half of England’s Anglican cathedrals are facing financial crisis and a closure cannot be ruled out, according to the chair of an investigative task force set up by the archbishops of Canterbury and York.Adrian Newman, the bishop of Stepney, said the Cathedrals Working Group would examine the “potential reputational damage done to the churc