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'DEPRSG!' RICHARD COL RETIRED OM CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS 'GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT WELE'

REV RICHARD COLES has spoken out on his retirement om the Church of England and how beg a gay man the stutn fluenced his cisn. * richard coles gay *

HOME News Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Fance Travel Entertament Life & Style TV & Rad Celebry News REV RICHARD COLES has spoken out on his retirement om the Church of England and how beg a gay man the stutn fluenced his cisn. The broadster said some church beme more nservative and fundamentalist, meang gay people were not ma to feel fortable such said those church are now “plac where gay people are not wele, [which] l me out". Richard went on to pare the support received by Jake Daniels, the Blackpool FC footballer who recently publicly me out as gay, wh the receptn si explaed: “You’d thk football would be very ristant, but ’s changg.

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REV RICHARD COL: 'I'M THE GO-TO GAY'

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But 'homosexualy' was basilly vented the 19th century. The ia of 'beg gay' is a morn one. I mean, if you're gay Malawi, that's a very bald story.

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If you grew up gay-lib London and are now livg, middle-aged, middle-class, post-civil partnerships, Bra... "For his part, Col has known he was gay sce, he reckons, he was "about eight. He bought a saxophone and did ge got to know Jimmy Somerville on a Channel 4 documentary about gay teens, and wound up playg claret on A't Necsarily So wh the dimutive Glaswegian volist's then band, Bronski Beat.

He sent me a book of lbian and gay prayers afterwards. "It's not a perfect match, obvly; the majory of gay people don't nform to this stereotype, " he says. He's unhappy wh the CofE's fudge on homosexualy – OK for parishners, permissible for prits, providg they stay celibate.

The church has had difficulty wh homosexualy for centuri; 's absurd to thk that n change overnight.

THE REV RICHARD COL: GAY MARRIAGE, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND ME

Reverend Richard Col has always been openly gay, havg prevly spoken about the ‘mental crisis’ he suffered followg his g out, which ultimately lead to him beg diagnosed wh clil prsn. ” Richard wrote his 2014 memoir, Fathomls Rich, that he was always 'screamgly gay', revealg that he me out to his mother when he was jt 16. " "I was stupid and I had a lot of money I didn't really do anythg wh" Dpe meetg Jimmy Somerville Gay's the Word bookshop Bloomsbury before gog on to form The Communards 1985, Richard admted he didn't origally have any ambn to be a pop star.

“Cred to Jake Daniels, ’s an amazg thg and lots of people have said ’s long overdue that football should have taken so long to wele s first openly gay player.

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"Screamgly gay" Rev Richard Col on the Communards, fame and grief - Northants Live.

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