Minutes taken at meetings of the House of Bishops will now be published routinely, but the public or press will still not be admitted, the House has announced.
A committee led by the Archbishop of York had been examining how the working of the House could be made more transparent, following sustained criticism from members of the other two Houses of the General Synod during last year’s Living in Love and Faith debates.
Multiple members of the Houses of Clergy and Laity accused the bishops of hiding legal advice regarding the Prayers of Love and Faith, and of obscuring disagreements and debates in the House over the gay-blessings policy.
The report produced by the bishops’ transparency group concedes that there was “substantial and reasonable criticism of the way in which the House of Bishops operates”.
Minutes taken at meetings of the House of Bishops will now be published routinely, but the public or press will still not be admitted, the House has announced https://t.co/l5sZNheYgr
— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) June 19, 2024
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