WE'RE PREACHING TO THE CONVICTED

Lags answer the calling to be priests

- SASKIA ROWLANDS

PRISONERS will seek redemption and try to wash away their sins by training to be priests.

In a pioneering scheme, inmates will commit to the Almighty and act as in-house assistant chaplains.

Jail bosses have blessed the cons pulpit project and pray it will boost mental resilience and cut re-offending.

Jailbirds who successfully make the leap of faith will bag a level 4 higher education certificate in theology from Westminster Theological College.