Everybody Out: A reflection on Gay Bishops in the Church of England - Peter Ould
Everybody Out: A reflection on Gay Bishops in the Church of England - Peter Ould
By Peter Ould
http://www.peter-ould.net/
May 28th, 2011
If you aren't aware, some bishops are gay. But we don't talk about it.
That just about sums up what a lot of the anger over the past few days has been directed at since the leak of the Colin Slee memo written after the nominations process to appoint the new Bishop of Southwark. In the memo Colin Slee outlined his recollection of the events around those two days last year when the names of both Dr Jeffrey John and Nick Holtham (who subsequently was appointed to the See of Salisbury) were effectively stripped from the list of names to be considered. The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out in a legal opinion offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested a number of issues that could be considered when debating how a particular candidate could be (or not be) a focus of unity for the diocese and the wider church. These were as follows:
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Peter Ould
http://www.peter-ould.net/
May 28th, 2011
If you aren't aware, some bishops are gay. But we don't talk about it.That just about sums up what a lot of the anger over the past few days has been directed at since the leak of the Colin Slee memo written after the nominations process to appoint the new Bishop of Southwark. In the memo Colin Slee outlined his recollection of the events around those two days last year when the names of both Dr Jeffrey John and Nick Holtham (who subsequently was appointed to the See of Salisbury) were effectively stripped from the list of names to be considered. The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out in a legal opinion offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested a number of issues that could be considered when debating how a particular candidate could be (or not be) a focus of unity for the diocese and the wider church. These were as follows:
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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