No idea where this is but it could be a local council OH&S dictate or the church covering their arse to avoid being sued should a claim be made.
I mean to say, if the Vatican have one of their own sent away (George Pell) with all their resources, what chance does St Mary In The Marsh have!
My daughter 36 years ago asked loudly in a stone Des Moines cathedral with hundreds of visitors within earshot: " daddy why do they have a birdbath inside here " I replied : " that water has holes in it ".... just another day in the life of Iowa's First Family of American Atheism.....we were there to hear Dr Helen Caldecott and George McGovern speak upon shutting down all slow cancer nukes releasing radioactive steam upon all life down wind
Wholly water is Petri dish of faith!!!
Blessed water that is touch to ones face!!!
Yes, blessed to death!
LOL!!!