Cathedral tax probe over cash

LONDON - A Catholic cathedral is to be reported to the taxman over secret payments to its former musical director.

LONDON - A Catholic cathedral is to be reported to the taxman over secret payments to its former musical director.

The payments came to light at an industrial tribunal brought by a musician, Joanne Connaughton, who claimed Sheffield Hallam Diocese discriminated against her by paying her male replacement nearly double her salary. Yesterday Miss Connaughton, now a music lecturer at Northumbria University, won £10,000 in an out-of-court settlement with the diocese.

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