PROSTITUTES were using a priest's doorstep for sex sessions.
Street-walkers also took their "punters" into his churchyard and kerb-crawlers had approached worshippers on their way to evening Mass.
Furious Father John Hennessy claimed the red light area around St Anne's Catholic Church, Prince's Street, Blackburn, had forced him to cancel evening services during the week.
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