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The Catholic church has renewed calls for this weekend's Orange Order march to be rerouted.

The parade is set to pass St Alphonsus Church on Stevenson Street, near Trongate, where a priest, Canon Thomas White, was allegedly 'attacked and spat on' during a march in July.

No agreement has been struck between the Orange Order and Glasgow City Council as to an alternative route which would bypass Alphonsus, leading to further questions from the Catholic Church.

The march is due to take place this weekend after a walk which was scheduled to take place in Glasgow on Saturday July 21 was postponed 'to allow time for forward thinking', following the incident at the Boyne Parade on July 12.

In a Facebook post shared on the Archdiocese of Glasgow page today, the proposed march was branded 'insensitive', amid a plea for 'frightened and previously attacked citizens' to be protected.

It read: "The Orange Order plans to march past St Alphonsus Church again on Saturday 25 August, passing the spot where Canon Tom White and parishioners were attacked last month. They have rejected requests from Glasgow City Council officers to re-route. The issue will be decided by councillors at a Public Processions Committee meeting tomorrow at 10am.

"The Archdiocese has protested in the strongest terms at the gross insensitivity of the proposal and calls on councillors to reroute this march. Police Scotland has also urged re-routing.

"Following the attack on Canon White just over one month ago, something changed in this city and beyond. The First Minister, the Justice Secretary, and the Leader of this Council spoke out; the media condemned, there was a tidal wave of revulsion on social media, and 83,000 people signed a petition online, to say … enough is enough.

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"Yet we are here a few weeks later with a request for the Orange Order to parade at the precise point where it proved unable or unwilling to control its followers, and where the good name of Glasgow was shamed before the world.

"What kind of insensitivity is this?

"The City of Glasgow has over a thousand streets on which a march could take place. Catholic churches are situated on about 50 of those streets. There are options to re-route this parade which would avoid the flashpoint of St Alphonsus or St Mary’s … but the organisers defiantly refuse to consider them.

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"Tomorrow's committee therefore must decide where its priorities lie … with the protection of the frightened and previously-attacked citizens who frequent St Alphonsus? With the good name of the city of Glasgow which was besmirched by the last parade at this site? With the wishes of the 83,000 people who spontaneously signed a protest petition? Or with a small band of marchers who desire only to demonstrate their rights, come hell or high water, irrespective of the impact they have on other people’s lives."

Meanwhile, a petition calling on Glasgow City Council to ban the walk was signed by over 80,000 people. The council were unable to consider the petition.

Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council said: "It is clear from the responses to this survey that there is a strength of feeling, particularly in Glasgow, about parades and processions but also a recognition of freedom of expression and right of assembly.