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Moderator to visit nuclear base Moderator meets staff at Faslane
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Church leader and peace campaigner Alan McDonald is to visit the Faslane nuclear base during a 10-day stay in Dumbarton. Church leader and peace campaigner Alan McDonald has visited the Faslane nuclear base during a 10-day stay in Dumbarton.
The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took part in last month's peace march from the base to the Scottish parliament.The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took part in last month's peace march from the base to the Scottish parliament.
Mr McDonald, who is a strong opponent of nuclear weapons, is to spend an hour at the base and will meet personnel. Mr McDonald, who is a strong opponent of nuclear weapons, spent about an hour at the base and met personnel.
He will also meet anti-nuclear activists at the nearby peace camp. He also met anti-nuclear activists at the nearby peace camp.
Mr McDonald said his planned trip was a pastoral visit, focusing on the people who work at the base. Mr McDonald said his trip was a pastoral visit, focusing on the people who work at the base.
Faslane is the largest employer in Dumbarton and he said it was only right that he include it in his programme of visits. "Faslane is the largest employer in the area and it is only rightthat I should include it in my programme while I am in the Presbytery ofDumbarton," he said.
"I am looking forward to my visit to the base, and to speaking with both the civilian staff and forces personnel based there," he said.
"I think that most people are well aware of the Church of Scotland's stance in opposition to the Trident missile system, and to my own strong personal support of that position.""I think that most people are well aware of the Church of Scotland's stance in opposition to the Trident missile system, and to my own strong personal support of that position."