Churches in bomb blast

ALL that remains of the 15th century church St Ethelburga-theVirgin, in London after last week's bomb blast is a pile of debris and a fragment of the East wall.
The church had survived the War of the Roses, the Great ,Fire of London, and the Blitz. It was the smallest church in the city and, built more than seven centuries ago, one of the oldest. It was also one of the most AngloCatholic. But the bomb, exploding directly opposite the building, obliterated almost the entire interior. "As a medieval building," said parish clerk Paul Sutherland, "the church had no foundations and fell like a pack of cards."
Also damaged by the massive IRA bomb in the heart of the city of London was the Catholic church of St Mary's Moorfield, where the bomb shattered the glass fan above the high altar.
Fr David Barnes told the Catholic Herald that "I had just finished saying Mass, about 20 minutes before... I was back in my house, adjoining to the church, and the whole building shook-. He said there had been no damage to the church structure.