Expelled DUP councillor Ruth Patterson has claimed St Patrick was a "former Protestant"

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Ruth Patterson at a flag protest at Belfast City Hall


When challenged that St Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, lived 1000 years before Protestants existed following the Reformation, she said: "Yes he may have but he was a Christian man in his beliefs. I see him as being a former Protestant."


Ex-DUP councillor Ruth Patterson claims St Patrick was 'former Protestant' as she urges loyalists to 're-think' flag protest - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

 

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