MRS M Dale openly declares to being a non-believer and doesn't attend church complains about paying £80 for a Canon from the Minster for her husband's funeral (Letters, January 14).

I am not sure her parish priest would have charged less but he would probably liked to have been included. This smacks of hypocrisy.

Julia M Raven,

Melcombe Avenue,

Strensall,

York.

Updated: 09:26 Thursday, January 20, 2005