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Dans un sermon prononcé récemment dans son église en Angleterre, le prêtre britannique Tim Jones a recommandé aux personnes vivant dans la misère de voler (pour se nourrir) dans les grands magasins au lieu de verser dans la prostitution, les agressions et les cambriolages pour survivre. Selon lui, voler dans un grand magasin pour survivre est "licite" vis-à-vis de la Bible dans la mesure où Dieu aime plus les pauvres que les riches.
Une légitimation des vols à l'étalage qui n'a pas du tout plu à la police qui accuse le prêtre d'être "irresponsable"!
A noter que les vols à l'étalage ont fortement augmenté dans les pays occidentaux en raison de la crise économique. D'après une étude, les premiers voleurs dans les grands magasins (hypermarchés, supermarchés...etc) sont les employés eux même.
Priest advises congregation to shoplift rather than turn to 'mugging or prostitution'
A priest has advised his congregation to shoplift in the run-up to a Christmas hit by the affects of recession, rather than turn to 'mugging or prostitution.'
Father Tim Jones also suggested it would be better to steal from large chain stores rather than pick small family-run businesses as they would be worse affected.
Mr Jones, 42, broke off from his traditional annual sermon on Sunday to claim stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option open to vulnerable people.
He insisted his unusual advice did not break the Bible commandment "You shall not steal" because God's love for the poor outweighed his love for the rich - but he has been slammed by police and a local MP as "highly irresponsible."
Delivering his festive lesson at St Lawrence C of E Church in York, Mr Jones told the congregation: "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.
I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
"I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices.
"I would ask them not to take any more than they need, for any longer than they need. I offer the advice with a heavy heart and wish society would recognise that bureaucratic ineptitude and systematic delay has created an invitation and incentive to crime for people struggling to cope."
He added that he felt society had failed the needy, and said it was far better they shoplift than turn to more degrading or violent options such as prostitution, mugging or burglary.
He cited the example of an ex-prisoner who had been forced to live on less than £100, including a crisis loan, in six weeks after his release from jail.
He continued: "My advice does not contradict the Bible's eighth commandment because God's love for the poor and despised outweighs the property rights of the rich.
"Let my words not be misrepresented as a simplistic call for people to shoplift. The observation that shoplifting is the best option that some people are left with is a grim indictment of who we are.
"Rather, this is a call for our society no longer to treat its most vulnerable people with indifference and contempt. Providing inadequate or clumsy social support is monumental, catastrophic folly."
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: "First and foremost, shoplifting is a criminal offence and to justify this course of action under any circumstances is highly irresponsible.
"Turning or returning to crime will only make matters worse, that is a guarantee. We recognise some people find themselves in difficult circumstances but support is readily available and must be sought."
Anne McIntosh, the local Conservative MP who has campaigned in Parliament for stronger sentences for shoplifters, admitted that there had been an "over-commercialisation" of the festive period which encourage people to spend.
But she said: "I cannot condone inciting anyone to commit a criminal offence, shoplifting is a crime against the whole local community and society."
Mr Jones, a married father-of-two, hit the headlines in May 2008 when he protested against a store stocking Playboy stationery aimed at youngsters.
He began tossing the items on to the floor complaining they were "cynical and wicked" - and the shop bowed to his one-man protest and agreed to stop stocking Playboy branded merchandise.
He is priest of the parishes of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York.
source : The Daily Telegraph
Le prêtre Tim Jones.
Une légitimation des vols à l'étalage qui n'a pas du tout plu à la police qui accuse le prêtre d'être "irresponsable"!
A noter que les vols à l'étalage ont fortement augmenté dans les pays occidentaux en raison de la crise économique. D'après une étude, les premiers voleurs dans les grands magasins (hypermarchés, supermarchés...etc) sont les employés eux même.
Priest advises congregation to shoplift rather than turn to 'mugging or prostitution'
A priest has advised his congregation to shoplift in the run-up to a Christmas hit by the affects of recession, rather than turn to 'mugging or prostitution.'
Father Tim Jones also suggested it would be better to steal from large chain stores rather than pick small family-run businesses as they would be worse affected.
Mr Jones, 42, broke off from his traditional annual sermon on Sunday to claim stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option open to vulnerable people.
He insisted his unusual advice did not break the Bible commandment "You shall not steal" because God's love for the poor outweighed his love for the rich - but he has been slammed by police and a local MP as "highly irresponsible."
Delivering his festive lesson at St Lawrence C of E Church in York, Mr Jones told the congregation: "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.
I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
"I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices.
"I would ask them not to take any more than they need, for any longer than they need. I offer the advice with a heavy heart and wish society would recognise that bureaucratic ineptitude and systematic delay has created an invitation and incentive to crime for people struggling to cope."
He added that he felt society had failed the needy, and said it was far better they shoplift than turn to more degrading or violent options such as prostitution, mugging or burglary.
He cited the example of an ex-prisoner who had been forced to live on less than £100, including a crisis loan, in six weeks after his release from jail.
He continued: "My advice does not contradict the Bible's eighth commandment because God's love for the poor and despised outweighs the property rights of the rich.
"Let my words not be misrepresented as a simplistic call for people to shoplift. The observation that shoplifting is the best option that some people are left with is a grim indictment of who we are.
"Rather, this is a call for our society no longer to treat its most vulnerable people with indifference and contempt. Providing inadequate or clumsy social support is monumental, catastrophic folly."
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: "First and foremost, shoplifting is a criminal offence and to justify this course of action under any circumstances is highly irresponsible.
"Turning or returning to crime will only make matters worse, that is a guarantee. We recognise some people find themselves in difficult circumstances but support is readily available and must be sought."
Anne McIntosh, the local Conservative MP who has campaigned in Parliament for stronger sentences for shoplifters, admitted that there had been an "over-commercialisation" of the festive period which encourage people to spend.
But she said: "I cannot condone inciting anyone to commit a criminal offence, shoplifting is a crime against the whole local community and society."
Mr Jones, a married father-of-two, hit the headlines in May 2008 when he protested against a store stocking Playboy stationery aimed at youngsters.
He began tossing the items on to the floor complaining they were "cynical and wicked" - and the shop bowed to his one-man protest and agreed to stop stocking Playboy branded merchandise.
He is priest of the parishes of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York.
source : The Daily Telegraph
Le prêtre Tim Jones.
des religieuses aux cafés dévoré dans le rayon lessive 
le vigile demandait si c'était le magasin de mon père 
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