The Church of England's most senr openly gay cleric has said the source of leaked documents which st him an appotment as Bishop of Southwark mt be found before a replacement for the Archbishop of Canterbury is cid.
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- PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
- GAY AN: LEAK CULPR SHOULD BE FOUND BEFORE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY APPOTED
- PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
- GROUP OF NSERVATIVE BISHOPS ‘AGGRIEVED’ BY APPOTMENT OF NEW GAY DEAN OF CANTERBURY
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOP REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP
- ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ADMS TO GAY 'CHALLENGE' FOR CHURCH
- PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOP REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP
- GROUP OF NSERVATIVE BISHOPS ‘AGGRIEVED’ BY APPOTMENT OF NEW GAY DEAN OF CANTERBURY
PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
The appotment of an openly partnered homosexual to such a senr posn the church rais a number of qutns. Is Dr Monteh and his partner's relatnship 'celibate' as required by the Church of England of gays and lbians livg together civil partnerships? The Church of England’s most senr openly gay cleric has said the source of leaked documents which st him an appotment as Bishop of Southwark mt be found before a replacement for the Archbishop of Canterbury is cid.
He has lled the way the Church was seen as an enemy of gays “a disaster”. Last week was revealed that Glynn Harrison, emer profsor of psychiatry at Bristol Universy and one of the 16 members of the CNC panel said gay relatnships “fall short of God’s purpose creatn”, and that there is “evince that some people wh unwanted same sex attractns n achieve signifint change.
GAY AN: LEAK CULPR SHOULD BE FOUND BEFORE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY APPOTED
In a statement issued by the Church of England, was said he ”do not believe the ncept of ‘gay cure’ or ‘gay nversn’ and has never been volved offerg any formal unsellg or ‘therapy’ this area himself”. 10, which not only rejects 'homosexual practice as patible wh Scripture', but go on to clare that the Lambeth Conference of 1998 'nnot advise the legimisg or blsg of same-sex unns'.
PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
The bishop of Grantham has bee the first Church of England bishop to publicly clare that he is gay and a a move that will be embraced by mpaigners for equaly but is likely to alarm nservativ who fear the church is movg away om tradnal teachgs, Nicholas Chamberla said there had been no secret about his long-term - albe celibate - relatnship wh his a threat by a Sunday newspaper to reveal Chamberla’s sexualy had phed him to speak publicly. "People know I'm gay, but 's not the first thg I'd say to anyone. Chamberla said he adhered to church guil, unr which gay clergy mt be celibate and are not permted to marry.
For me, and for those who assisted his appotment, the fact that Bishop Nicholas is gay is not, and has never been, a termg factor. Its tradnal belief that marriage is a unn of a man and a woman has e unr prsure om societal change and growg mands wh the church that gay people should be accepted and allowed to marry creasg number of prits have married or plan to marry same-sex partners fiance of the ban on gay clergy week, a group of C of E nservative evangelil parish held a meetg to discs their rponse to what they claimed to be the waterg-down of the thory of the Bible on the issue of sexualy, what was billed as potentially the first step towards a breakaway om the Anglin church.
GROUP OF NSERVATIVE BISHOPS ‘AGGRIEVED’ BY APPOTMENT OF NEW GAY DEAN OF CANTERBURY
It followed Welby’s recent ments at a Christian ftival, when he said he was “nstantly nsumed wh horror” at the church’s treatment of lbians and gay men. Strsg that he did not want to bee known as “the gay bishop”, he said he hoped that the impact of his openns would be “that we n say the bishop of Grantham is gay and is gettg on wh his life and mistry”.
I hope I’ll be able to be a standard-bearer for all people as a gay man. He cled to exprs objectns to the C of E’s celibacy le for gay clergy.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOP REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP
”Rumours about gay bishops have circulated for s, but no servg bishop has ever before gone public about their sexualy.
David Hope, the former archbishop of York, said that his sexualy was a "grey area" after beg threatened wh beg "outed"; and former archbishop of Canterbury Gee Carey claimed to have knowgly nsecrated two celibate gay men as bishops the 2003, the London Tim reported that the Right Rev Peter Wheatley, then the bishop of Edmonton, was gay and livg wh his partner. The new archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, has highlighted the challenge faced by the Anglin church over gay relatnships ahead of his enthronement on Thursday, sayg he has iends who are long-term gay relatnships of "stunng" 105th archbishop of Canterbury and lear of the worldwi Anglin muny, who will bee the first holr of the office to be enthroned by a woman at the afternoon ceremony, has wrten to Peter Tatchell offerg to discs his attu to gay marriage after the veteran mpaigner cricised an open a pre-enthronement terview wh the BBC, Welby said that while he did not have doubts about the church's policy opposg same-sex marriag he remaed "challenged as to how we rpond to ". "You see gay relatnships that are jt stunng the qualy of the relatnship, " the 57-year-old said, addg that he had "particular iends where I regnise that and am eply challenged by ".
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ADMS TO GAY 'CHALLENGE' FOR CHURCH
And so we have to be very clear about homophobia.
"Qutned as to whether the church uld simply ignore some gay relatnships, he replied: "It's not a bld eye – 's about lovg people as they are and where they are.
PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
"Separately, the Tim reported that Welby had emailed Tatchell after the mpaigner released an open letter ahead of the enthronement qutng Welby's rejectn of gay letter said: "You claim that you are not homophobic but a person who oppos legal equaly for LGBT people is homophobic – the same way that a person who oppos equal rights for black people is racist.