Vicar defies rules to carry out church blessing of 'lesbian wedding'

The Rev Jim Cotter said the service celebrating the civil partnership of the two women was a “day of great delight and healing”.

However a complaint was made and he has now been reprimanded by the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan.

It is the latest example of priests defying Anglican Communion guidelines over homosexuality – which state that practising homosexuals should not become clergy and same-sex unions cannot be blessed in church – in a row that has driven the 80 million-strong worldwide church to the brink of schism.

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One comment on “Vicar defies rules to carry out church blessing of 'lesbian wedding'

  1. azusa says:

    “However a complaint was made and he has now been reprimanded by the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan.”

    So a gay clergyman has been ‘reprimanded’ by a bishop who has stated he wants a gay bishop in Wales? For what, exactly?
    The ‘western’ Anglican Church takes another sep toward its self-imposed auto da fe.