Atheist exposes 'inequality' in jury selection process

[rug]

Members of the public can avoid jury service by signing up for a nominal fee to be a 'minister' in an online church.

Mark O'Regan
Published 4/04/2015 | 02:30

Emmett Vaughan (pictured), a self-styled minister with the 'Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster', has been excused jury duty in the Irish courts because of his beliefs.

The 44-year-old decided to join the US-based registered church, who are also known as Pastafarians, online.

Under current guidelines, a priest or minister of any denomination can be exempted from jury duty.

When he put his new-found pastoral role on the jury reply form, Mr Vaughan, an active member of Atheist Ireland, waited for the Court Service to seek verification of his position,

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/atheist-exposes-inequality-in-jury-selection-process-31139945.html

[nil desperandum]

1. Now

there's a church that makes some sense.