Methodist head to visit troops

The president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev Kenneth Todd, will next week pay a pastoral visit to members of the…

The president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev Kenneth Todd, will next week pay a pastoral visit to members of the Army serving in southern Lebanon.

Mr Todd, who arrives in Lebanon on Monday, will conduct a memorial service at a memorial to Irish soldiers who have died there since 1978.

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