Religious history has been made with the first ordination of a former Anglican clergyman in Scotland into the Catholic priesthood.
Father Len Black, 61 and a grandfather of two, was ordained into the priesthood this weekend, at a ceremony at St Mary’s Church in Greenock performed by Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley.
Father Black was an Episcopal minister for 30 years before converting to Catholicism. Until recently he was the minister at St Michael and All Angels in Inverness and was also the regional dean of Forward in Faith, the leading group of traditionalist Anglicans.
What wonderful news. May God bless him and those who follow!
He has followed what he beleives, and the RCC is richer by yet one more experienced priest.