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Article: Celebrating their engagement, the priest and the Catholic school headmistress; COY: Miss Rafferty, left, head of St Ambrose High, and Father Douglas, right, have tried to keep their relationship private.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2007
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Byline: ALLAN CALDWELL
A PRIEST and the head teacher of a Catholic school have stunnedcolleagues and friends by announcing their engagement.
Father Dominic Douglas, 45, met Ellen Rafferty, 37, while he was chaplain atthe school where she was head of geography.
For more than two years they kept their relationship secret to all but a fewtrusted friends and family, but finally decided to go public by holding anengagement party last month.
Father Douglas is technically still a priest, although he resigned from hisparish three years ago after falling in love with Miss Rafferty.
He now makes a living by charging [pounds sterling]40 ...