His outspoken views on gay rights and the integration of Muslim communities have attracted vitriolic criticism and even earned him death threats from outside the Church of England.
Now the controversial Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, 59, has found himself the target of a scatological attack by an aide in the offices of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
A confidential document sent from Lambeth Palace to No 10 Downing Street and the Church of England’s 43 diocesan bishops included the unclerical word “arsehole” appended to the name of Dr Nazir-Ali, Britain’s most senior Asian Anglican.
Given the A of C’s previous behavior with his staff, this incident adds even more to his reputation as one so far above the fray that he hasn’t a clue. And prefers it that way.
Further down in the article is this paragraph:
The Lambeth Palace bureaucracy, unmasked.
Well, call a bishop a rude name and you get the sack, just as well he had not held a gay wedding or made threatening racist remarks or who knows what might have happened?
Hi Pageantmaster,
I recognize the allusion to holding a gay wedding, but what case are you alluding to when someone made “threatening racist remarks”?
+Michael preached here just over a week ago. He is a warm, gentle, articulate and well thought out man. His sermon was first rate, he was very comfortable with our very trad. liturgy and he was well recieved by all. Quite simply he deserves better- but then this article sheds no light whatsoever on +Michael – but it does shed a lot of light on the type of people working to promote the ‘new religion’ and in particular it shows us just what they actually think about faithful, bible believing Christians
#5 Something I read on StandFirm a while back, it may still be up, but I don’t know all the details of the individual case so it may not be fair to speculate further.
The biggest problem I see here is that this aid gets deservedly sacked, but TEC and the ACofC aggresively promote heresay, and Canterbury can’t seem to finde the guts to “sack” them. Just another example of some are more equal than others.
drummie,
I agree.
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Drummie [#8]: Canterbury evidently finds heresy less troubling than getting caught crudely dissing a Church of England bishop.