Dean of St Paul's resigns over 'insurmountable issues'

Name: Dean of St Paul's resigns over 'insurmountable issues'
Uploaded: 2011-10-31T18:32:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 53 s
Description: The dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London has become the second official to resign over the anti-capitalist protests on its doorstep. In a statement, the Rt Rev Graeme Knowles said the issues he faced had become "insurmountable".

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The dean of St Paul's has resigned over the handling of the anti-capitalist protests on the doorstep of the cathedral.

The Rt Rev Graeme Knowles is the second cleric to go and said he had faced "insurmountable issues."

The protest had prompted the cathedral to close its doors for the first time since WWII.

Robert Pigott reports.

31 October 2011