http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_WALL_STREET_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-06-50-12 LONDON (AP) -- St. Paul's Cathedral was opening its doors to the public Friday after a weeklong closure, as a former head of the Anglican church accused clergy of bungling their response to anti-capitalist protesters camped outside.
Clerics planned to reopen the church with a special midday Eucharist service, including prayers for the demonstrators massed outside the building.
Several hundred protesters have been camped outside the building since Oct. 15. Days later, cathedral officials shut the building, saying the campsite represented a health and safety hazard.
It was the first time the 300-year-old church, one of London's best-known buildings, had closed since World War II.