Pete, if it were only that, it wouldn't be too much of a problem, though on principle I would say it was inappropriate, and I am a Christian.

The point is that it was said to a person who was about as far down the road to death as it gets, a cancer sufferer who had just been handed the news that his cancer had returned.

For me, that adds up to a vulnerable patient, who will grasp at any straw which presents the slightest hope.

That is not the time for a one sided attempt at recruitment to the Church.

That, I think, is the reason why his superiors find his actions unprofessional, and in the circumstances, WRONG!

His job is to deal with the patient's physical and medical needs, neither of which require a religious commitment.

Don T.