From London ON-For now, all prayers have stopped inside the main part of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral.
On Saturday, church officials ordered the nave of Huron Diocese's central church and 170-year old London landmark be closed after “some alarming results” were found by engineers during recent $1-million renovations.
At the west end of the church, near the main doors, more rot was found in the wooden trusses than expected, causing them to crack and split. That's put extra pressure on the structure and the wall supports.
“One of the trusses was far more rotten than they had anticipated and so the end result is that the cathedral itself, the nave of the church, is unsafe,” said Barry Clarke, bishop-in-charge of St. Paul's.
“We cannot worship in there at this time.”
It's a setback during the emergency repairs to save the roof and walls of the church that began in August and dubbed Project Jericho.
http://www.lfpress.com/2016/11/19/st-pauls-anglican-cathedral-ordered-closed-trusses-rotting
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