Ah, Eliza, you have run afoul of the Altar Guild rules, you bad thing, you.

What a load of ol' dishwater that vicar is feeding you. He should have said Thank you nicely and folded that dratted purificator himself, or taken it home himself in the first place if holy laundry is that important to him.

And I write this as a life-long Anglican. My mother used to bring home the church linen and silver for cleaning because the church well was contaminated with sulfur, and there was no nonsense about china bowls and tipping the wash water onto the earth -- not in an Ontario winter.

It's clear from the Gospels that Jesus ate his meals where he could get them, and I bet he wiped his chin with his sleeve.