He also said that the clergyman's family could continue to live in church property in Glenarm for the same length of time.

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Rev Stephen Dickinson was the minister of Cairnalbana and Glenarm Presbyterian churches.

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He visited the mother of a six-week-old baby at Feystown near Glenarm, who said she had been coping in recent days without water and electricity.

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Ann McCaughan, who lives in Feystown, just outside Glenarm in County Antrim has been without power in her home since 11:00 GMT on Friday morning.

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Our waitress, Fidelma, is a star, nonchalantly recommending the likes of mi-cuit (half- or semi-cooked) Glenarm salmon, or a splendidly kitsch and perfectly executed beef Wellington.

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In an unprecedented move, the church removed the minister and the elders from office with immediate effect and declared the congregations of Cairnalbana and Glenarm "vacant".

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At 25, Boss, whose grandmother was born in Co Antrim coastal town of Glenarm, is going to give his new life in Ireland a real go.

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The judicial commission began an investigation into problems within Cairnalbana and Glenarm churches in October 2012, after the issue was referred to it by the presbytery of Ballymena.

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Elders at Glenarm remain in post and are unaffected.

BBC: The Reverend Stephen Dickinson