Sir, Colin Coward’s letter last week conveniently demonstrates for us the hypocrisy of some of the liberalisers in the Church of England. It is no longer about revisionists being able to hold their integrity in the Church alongside conservatives. No, …
The Church of England have released the 2012 figures for Bishops’ expenses, but they’re not very useful to use if you want to quickly know who spent the most on lawyers and stuff like that. What would be really useful is …
In all the controversy in Jersey, there is a possibility that charges may be laid against clergy on the island. In particular, Dame Steel’s Terms of Reference invite her to make recommendations about whether or not disciplinary complaints should be …
The Bishop of Gloucester made the news this weekend for some remarks he made at a meeting with the “Gloucestershire Gay and Lesbian Community” (I don’t think that’s the groups’ actual name) where he made these remarks. [The Church] has …
This morning I had an e-conversation with Gavin Collins, the Archdeacon of the Meon in Portsmouth Diocese, on the legalities around the decision to enter two mothers in the baptism register. He kindly agreed to share publicly his thinking around …
This is a really interesting piece in the Daily Mail. A lesbian couple claim they have been told they cannot baptise their one-year-old son because they both want to be registered on official records. Aimi and Victoria Leggett said they wanted to …