Former Strictly Come Dancg star Reverend Richard Col posted the black-and-whe snapshot om his teens on Twter, and joked to his followers that might have been obv he was gay
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- 'DEPRSG!' RICHARD COL RETIRED OM CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS 'GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT WELE'
- REV RICHARD COL: 'I'M THE GO-TO GAY'
- "SCREAMGLY GAY" REV RICHARD COL ON THE COMMUNARDS, FAME AND GRIEFIN A RECENT TERVIEW THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE JOURNALIST, MICIAN AND PRIT OPENED UP ABOUT THE LOSS OF HIS PARTNERNORTHANTSLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJS MORENGAGEMENT PRODUCER15:33, 9 AUG 2020BOOKMARKREVEREND RICHARD COL (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA)SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT NORTHANTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT NORTHANTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- THE REV RICHARD COL: GAY MARRIAGE, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND ME
'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 *
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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. ' Richard Col retired om Church of England as 'gay people are not wele' (Image: Getty)Richard Col has spoken out on his retirement om the Church of England (Image: Getty)“It’s prsg, ” he add to Rad first person who Richard ever me out to was his mother, 1978, when he was 16.
REV RICHARD COL: 'I'M THE GO-TO GAY'
* richard coles gay *
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"SCREAMGLY GAY" REV RICHARD COL ON THE COMMUNARDS, FAME AND GRIEFIN A RECENT TERVIEW THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE JOURNALIST, MICIAN AND PRIT OPENED UP ABOUT THE LOSS OF HIS PARTNERNORTHANTSLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJS MORENGAGEMENT PRODUCER15:33, 9 AUG 2020BOOKMARKREVEREND RICHARD COL (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA)SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT NORTHANTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT NORTHANTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
"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 REV RICHARD COL: GAY MARRIAGE, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND ME
The church has had difficulty wh homosexualy for centuri; 's absurd to thk that n change overnight.