The UK prison service is paying the salaries of multiple pagan chaplains, it was reported on Thursday, June 12th.
In the year to date, some £121,534 (€142,717) was spent on wages for the spiritual counsellors—defined as “a proven and continued member of the Pagan Federation as the endorsing body or other eligible grove/coven or group who are signed up with and represented by the Pagan Symposium.”
The figure came to light as part of DOGE-style campaigning in Britain. It does not include associated administrative costs or paying “anyone engaged on a sessional contract basis.”
The most publicised such vacancy was first announced in April, sparking derision. Since then spending on ‘spells not cells’ seems to be on the increase.
