The Very Rev Vivienne Faull has been blamed for a decision by management at York Minster to silence the bells REX FEATURESThe dean of York Minster has broken her silence in a dispute over bellringers, insisting that the decision to get rid of the voluntary team was based on health and safety laws. The Very Rev Vivienne Faull, who was made dean in 2012, has been blamed for a decision by management at York Minster to silence the bells, potentially until Easter, while a professional head bellringer is recruited. Thirty bellringers, some as young as 11, were told last week that locks on the belltower had been changed. They were told that bellringing was on hold because “ringing bells is something…

Source: The Times October 16, 2016 23:48 UTC