27 September 2015 A.D. Buggerer-clergyman who married his boyfriend while defying CoE rules—he’s running for CoE General Synod
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September 2015 A.D. Buggerer-clergyman who married his
boyfriend while defying CoE rules—he’s running for CoE General Synod
Bushfield,
Antony. “Gay clergy who married, defying CoE rules, running for General Synod.”
Premier. 27 Sept 2015. http://www.premier.org.uk/News/UK/Gay-clergy-who-married-defying-CofE-rules-running-for-General-Synod.
Accessed 27 Sept 2015.
Gay clergy who married, defying
CofE rules, running for General Synod
Sun 27 Sep
2015
By Antony
Bushfield
Two Anglican priests who defied Church of England
rules and entered a gay marriage are to stand for election to the Church's
General Synod.
Canon Jeremy Pemberton, pictured, is currently
awaiting the outcome of an employment tribunal against the Church after he was
stopped from taking a job as a hospital chaplain because he was in a gay
marriage.
He had his permission to officiate (PTO) as a priest
revoked by a bishop in June 2014 and was therefore rejected for a job in
Nottinghamshire.
Revd Andrew Foreshew-Cain was the first vicar to
reject the Church's rules and marry his same sex partner.
Both men are now standing for election to the
General Synod, the Church's ruling body, also known as it's parliament.
The Daily Mail claims they are among several openly
gay clergy and lay people hoping to win a seat on the Synod.
A Church of England spokesman told the newspaper it
would be 'idle speculation' to comment on Synod elections until the result near
the end of October.
The House of Bishops has ordered Anglican clergy in
England not to enter gay marriages and says it would not be "appropriate
conduct".
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