Speaking to the News Letter in the Council Room of Church House on the hill of Armagh, Archbishop Harper reveals that he was aware of Dean Tom Gordon’s intention to enter a civil partnership two days before it happened.
“I knew on July 27 ”“ and I’m quoting from the email ”“ that a [beneficed priest] in the diocese of Cashel and Ossory was about to contract a civil partnership.
“I didn’t know who that priest was; I didn’t know who it was until after the event.”