Vicar's pity for burglars

About 20 worshippers in St David's prayed for the thieves

Burglars who ransacked the home of a vicar have been prayed for by a congregation in north Wales.

The vicar in the parish of Holyhead, Anglesey, changed her sermon at the last minute after thieves broke into her village home.

Canon Christine Llewellyn told worshippers gathered in St David's Church, Morawelon, on Sunday that she felt sorry for the burglars.

The thieves took a TV, video, computer equipment, and jewellery but left Mrs Llewellyn's sermon behind.

"I actually took the sermon with me to the church but seeing as it was rejected once I decided not to use it, " she said.

It is a sad thing but I am not going to allow it to affect my trust in the people of Holyhead Vicar Christine Llewellyn

"Instead, I just told the congregation how I felt.

"If someone has stolen then they are obviously in trouble with themselves.

"Burglary is the way the trouble manifests itself - it is not actually the problem.

The thieves went through Mrs Llewellyn's house in Rhoscolyn on Saturday after they had smashed a pane of glass to get in.

"I have been extremely fortunate people have been so helpful I have had masses of support but not everyone is as lucky as I am.

The vicar said it was a sad thing but she was not going to allow it to affect her trust in the people of Holyhead.

"People can take my possessions. They can take my privacy, which they have done.

"But they can't take my faith in the innate goodness of people because that is my choice and I choose to keep that."