Posted Monday 18 January 2010
In a BBC One Scotland programme tonight at 7.30pm - BBC Scotland Investigates: The Buckfast Code the Rt Rev Dr Bob Gillies, Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, speaks about the social consequences of alcohol abuse and challenges the makers of Buckfast Tonic Wine saying “it has got a very high caffeine content. That means when too much is drunk the effect can cause a high level of over-excited anger. The combination of alcohol with caffeine stimulant is a powerful cocktail and in the case of Buckfast Tonic Wine is a major factor behind many a violent scene in Scotland’s towns and cities.
“It saddens me that a Christian organisation is supporting a product that contributes to the misery to our nation. I very much doubt if St Benedict, the founder of the monastic rule of life to which the monks of Buckfast Abbey are committed, would approve.”
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Category: Dioceses, Aberdeen & Orkney, General
