Ex-monk, 91, builds his own 'cathedral of faith'

Mejorada del Campo

IN February, Justo Gallego dug his own grave, literally, in the crypt of the church he has been building near Madrid, brick by brick, since the early 1960s.

Mr Gallego, 91, also recently switched dwellings, moving from the nearby home of some relatives to the more spartan surroundings of his self-made temple. He wants to make certain he will die in the place that has become his life's mission.