Is this true?
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:45 am
U.K. P.C. II: Artur Boruc, 26, a goalkeeper for the Celtics Football
Club, was playing in a soccer match against the Rangers in Glasgow,
Scotland. At the start of the second half Boruc, who is Polish and
signed with the Celtics a year ago, crossed himself as he took his
position. The Strathclyde Police was called in, and their report was
passed to prosecutors. The Crown Office ruled that in the "charged
atmosphere" of a football match, the act of crossing himself "provoked
alarm and crowd trouble and as such constituted a breach of the peace."
Boruc received a formal caution, leaving him with a criminal record.
"It is worrying some spectators saw fit to complain," said a spokesman
for Scotland's Catholic Church, "but even more so that police felt it
merited investigation. This decision could lead us down a very
intolerant road." (Glasgow Daily Record, PA)
Mart
Club, was playing in a soccer match against the Rangers in Glasgow,
Scotland. At the start of the second half Boruc, who is Polish and
signed with the Celtics a year ago, crossed himself as he took his
position. The Strathclyde Police was called in, and their report was
passed to prosecutors. The Crown Office ruled that in the "charged
atmosphere" of a football match, the act of crossing himself "provoked
alarm and crowd trouble and as such constituted a breach of the peace."
Boruc received a formal caution, leaving him with a criminal record.
"It is worrying some spectators saw fit to complain," said a spokesman
for Scotland's Catholic Church, "but even more so that police felt it
merited investigation. This decision could lead us down a very
intolerant road." (Glasgow Daily Record, PA)
Mart