Meet the gay Church of England prit ocked for not revealg the tails of his love life

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
• MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL
• THE REBEL PRIT: ‘GAY PEOPLE THE CHURCH ARE NOT GOG TO GO AWAY’
• WHAT’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND A PRIT? I FEEL LIKE A SEND-CLASS CIZEN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND SET FOR 'CNCH' SYNOD AS REPORTS REVEAL 51 GAY PRITS

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

Church of England prits will be permted to bls the civil marriag of same-sex upl a profound shift the church’s stance on homosexualy after a historic vote by s erng first blsgs for gay upl uld happen this summer. ”Nigel Pietroni, the chair of the Campaign for Equal Marriage the C of E, said the cisn “falls short of what we ultimately believe is the only oute for radil cln – equal marriage for all people”, but was “a small step forward” gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The offer of blsgs to same-sex partners is an sult. Image source, PA MediaImage ptn, The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Jt Welby, warned the Church's parliament not to give to the "fear of a slippery slope" when batg plans to bls same-sex uplThe Church of England has backed proposals to allow prayers of blsg for same sex posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry plans, set out by bishops last month, have been cricised om those who thk they go too far and those who thk they don't go far the motn was passed all three of synod's 'ho'.

Prits will have the optn to bls gay upl but n opt out.

"God's blsgIn more than eight hours of bate there were 18 vot on attempted amendments, both om nservativ and amendment to force a vote on changg the Church's teachg and allowg gay upl to marry Church was only amendment that passed was om nservativ, rercg that the new prayers of blsg "should not be ntrary to or ditive of a parture om the doctre of the Church of England" which do not allow same-sex marriage.

MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE

The motn had been brought by the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, and was the rult of six years of work on qutns of inty, sexualy, relatnships and marriage known as Livg In Love And relign edor Aleem Maqbool said: "It may sound ntradictory to vote to bls same-sex marriag, but still nsir them as unns that fy Church of England doctre but that after five years of nsultatn is the formula that's been settled on" said Church lears were celebratg the move as "a watershed moment and a move forward towards acceptance of LGBTQ unns, but a way that holds the stutn together" is not the type of marriage equaly that, for example, the Epispal Church Stland long approved - for now, gay upl will still not be able to have a Church of England fal motn was passed across the synod's three 'ho'.

The Hoe of Lay voted 103 favour, 92 agast, and 5 bishops will now falise the wordg of the new prayers and also issue new guidance on whether gay clergy mt rema celibate before the synod meets aga on this story. The meetg as support for marriage for gay upl is growg wh the church, most notably among evangelil members of the epispate who have long opposed . This summer, at the Anglin Communn’s all-bishops meetg known as the Lambeth Conference, the current archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, tried to mollify nservative bishops by reaffirmg a 1998 claratn that gay sex is a s, while reassurg liberals by sayg he would not punish natnal church the Communn that allow prits to marry same-sex upl.

Conservative bishops om the global south lled Welby’s refal to disciple church over gay marriage “a lamentable posn, ” but none threatened to leave. Clergy and parish who do not agree to gay marriage ought to have the right to “distance themselv om the parts of the Church that wele and affirm same-sex relatnship. At the same time, Chsun said, there are problems for those who are gay wh the Church of England, sayg is “not safe for those same-sex unns.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE

The Church Wal offers blsgs to civilly married gay upl. Stephen’s Norbury, South London, grapplg wh the fact that the Anglin church he has served for 20 years has kicked him this isn’t a typil ockg story; the kd that has ma to the papers for years — neher one of child moltatn nor homophobic Riba-Thompson, 64, will soon be stripped of his job, his home, as well as banned om any misterial activi for five years, bee he fell love, did not disclose the timate tails of when qutned — and a member of the public objected. All of which is takg place agast a backdrop of the Church of England ntually tearg self apart over the issue of same-sex marriage, and of homosexualy more the abily to fire a prit, om a sgle plat, for havg a nsensual adult relatnship falls stark ntrast to the fdgs of the 2020 Inquiry to Child Sex Abe.

The reverend went on Grdr, the gay datg app, met a man lled Osr and had sex. “It’s really odd that gay married prits n have affairs when straight married prits n’t, when the Church of England disapprov of gay sex and gay marriage.

”It also leav a loophole for gay prits, said Hollow. “If they wish for an equal opportuny to marry, gay prits mt accept equal acuntabily for breakg church l about sex and relatnships. “The church gets exemptns, ” he says, referrg to multiple laws cludg the Equaly Act 2010, the Marriage (Same-Sex Coupl) Act 2013 and the Employment Rights Act 1996, “so n discrimate agast gay people, n discrimate agast women, and this stance, n avoid the trici of normal employment law”.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

| (Photo: Rters/Toby Melville)The Church of England is nmng a group of gay clerics who are seekg to out gay bishops and other clergy the Church, argug that the accatns uld spark a wch hunt agast Rev.

Col Coward, founr of the gay prsure group Changg Attu, said that a number of bishops wh the CofE are gay. "There are at least 10 other bishops the Church who are gay, many of whom are some kd of relatnship, " Coward told the Sunday Tim.

"I would enurage gay bishops to be open, but I would not 'out' them agast their will. "It is surprisg that mpaign groups which claim to support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex Christians would dulge such irrponsible tactics whereby such claims may lead to attempts to intify dividual bishops, " the church said, acrdg to the Daily Right Rev.

ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL

Nicholas Chamberla, the bishop of Grantham, meanwhile revealed on Friday that he is gay and volved a long-term, celibate same-sex relatnship. "People know I'm gay, but 's not the first thg I'd say to anyone. "Some gay and lbian clergy  the CofE have been urgg the Church to reject biblil teachgs on marriage as a unn between one man and one has not dited that the Church will be makg any such change, however.

What is more, 72 members of the Church's lg general synod wrote a letter Augt urgg bishops to adhere to the biblil doctre on 100 bishops are set to meet later September to discs the Church's posn on homosexualy and same-sex marriage as talks of a potential spl the Anglin Communn loom over the Stoyan Zaimov on Facebook: CPSZaimov Free Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post. In recent years, the Church of England has been viewed as one of the more progrsive sects of Christiany and is known for s relatively liberal polici, such as allowg the ordatn of women and gay prits.

Libby Lane, was nsecrated January 2005, the Church of England has allowed for the ordatn of gay prits, unr the ndn that they rema celibate. 'Prayers for God's blsg'The bishops' cisn puts the Church of England at odds wh s Anglin equivalent Stland, The Sttish Epispal Church, and the Prbyterian Church of Stland, which both allow same-sex Anglin Church Wal has provid an thorised service of blsg for gay upl but do not allow same-sex weddgs church. English bishops will remend that some "prayers for God's blsg" for gay upl civil marriag be adopted, the BBC expects.

THE REBEL PRIT: ‘GAY PEOPLE THE CHURCH ARE NOT GOG TO GO AWAY’

They have been wag to marry until the church allows gay said they felt a "ep disappotment" that the bishops weren't proposg a vote on same-sex marriag. "We're still sayg to gay upl that their relatnships are ls than relatnships between people of oppose sex. "However, he said they would ntue to mpaign for the Church to change s teachg on marryg gay said: "This isn't over.

"The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev'd Stephen Cottrell, told BBC Rad 4's Today programme a iend who was gay had died before he was able to have his civil partnership acknowledged any way by the Church. [1/2]Demonstrators prottg agast a gay marriage bill hold plards outsi of the Ho of Parliament London June 3, 2013. "Same-sex upl would still not be able to get married a Church of England church, " the statement said, nfirmg a BBC report overnight that bishops had refed to support a change teachg to allow prits to marry gay the proposals, same-sex upl uld have a service which there would be "prayers of ditn, thanksgivg or for God's blsg on the uple" church after a civil marriage.

Gay marriage was legalised Bra , the prayers would be voluntary for clergy to e and uld be ed batns "reflectg the theologil diversy of the Church", the Church of England said, implyg spirual lears uld choose not to offer such blsgs. Separately, Church of England bishops will be issug an apology later this week to LGBTQI+ people for the "rejectn, excln and hostily" they have faced church, acrdg to the Church of England, which was found 1534, has been divid for years on how to al wh same-sex marriag, wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) activists fightg for the same rights as heterosexual Christians. Seekg to addrs the ntent issue, Welby lled on the bishops last year to "abound love for all", even as he backed the validy of a rolutn passed 1998 that rejected "homosexual practice as patible wh Scripture".

WHAT’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND A PRIT? I FEEL LIKE A SEND-CLASS CIZEN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Jayne Ozanne, a gay rights mpaigner and member of the synod, said she was “eply disappoted” that nservativ had stifled the church’s bate on sexualy. The Church of England this week said wants to offer blsgs to gay upl but would not allow prits to marry Welby said he celebrat the change, but has a "rponsibily for the whole munn" Church also issued a formal apology for the "shameful" tim had "rejected or exclud" LGBTQI+ ntrast to Archbishop Welby's stance, the Archbishop of York said he will offer the prayers which he believ puts the church a "better place", beg tearful as he ma his statement. Earlier this week, bishops told the BBC the church would not change a teachg to allow prits to marry same-sex upl, but that will offer "prayers of ditn, thanksgivg or God's blsg" to gay upl followg a civil marriage or proposal will be bated at the Church's equivalent of a parliament - the General Synod - next marriage has been legal England and Wal sce 2013, but when the law changed the Church did not alter s Welby told a prs nference on Friday that he would "ntue to pray for all those who e seekg prayer and to pray wh love", cludg those who were gay, straight, or who had worri about their relatnships.

Media ptn, Watch: The Archbishop of York was emotnal about the Church of England's apologyMr Cottrell, who grew emotnal while speakg at the prs nference, said: "I'm really pleased 's changg for my gay iends, " acknowledgg that the change is not enough for some people. The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent, " said a letter. "'I'm nsirg leavg the Church'Image source, MathewImage ptn, Gay Christian Mathew Hulbert says LGBT Anglins should be celebrated not jt toleratedGay Anglin Mathew Hulbert told the BBC he felt "great disappotment" over the bishops' cisn not to propose same-sex marriage to the General Synod and is nsirg leavg the Church of England.

"Lots of gay people and perhaps lots of young gay Christians will thk, 'do I have to choose? "Dr Steven Croft, the Bishop of Oxford, said the church has "further to go" on the issue and lled for a change s doctre to allow gay marriage, beg the most senr bishop the Church of England to do so.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SET FOR 'CNCH' SYNOD AS REPORTS REVEAL 51 GAY PRITS

"Are you a church-gog gay uple? In 2017, he rigned, publicly nmng the church as “stutnally homophobic”.

It was a bold statement, and one he knew would bar him om ever heterosexual prits n marry and have sex, gay clergy members are expected to rema unmarried and celibate. In April, he and a aln of LGBTQ clergy members lnched the Campaign for Equal Marriage the Church of England, which advot for the right of lbian and gay Anglins to marry their lol parish, and mands that gay clergy members who marry should be allowed to exercise their mistry. “Unls the Church of England n be enthiastic s wele of gay and lbian people, and their fai and iends, too, we don’t stand a chance.

“I never experienced any homophobia about , ” he rells. By Forhew-Ca’s acunt, the broad acceptance he enjoyed wasn’t an aberratn, but ditive of Anglinism at the Rev Andrew Forhew-Ca (ont, third om right) wh fellow openly gay members of the General Synod 2017.