{"id":147954,"date":"2026-10-12T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147954"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:16:51","slug":"church-times-canon-tim-lomaxs-consecration-postponed-after-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147954","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Canon Tim Lomax&#8217;s consecration postponed after complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/bishop-of-warwick\">Suffragan Bishop of Warwick<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/diocese-of-coventry\">diocese of Coventry<\/a>, which was previously scheduled for 6 November, has been postponed after complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from the diocese, issued on Monday, said that the decision \u201cfollows advice that further enquiries should be undertaken following complaints which were received after the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt should be stressed that at this early stage no findings have been made and no conclusions have been reached. Sufficient time will now be given for this assessment to be conducted. We are committed to taking seriously the experiences of all those involved, and I want to assure you that all concerned are receiving appropriate support&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/16-october\/news\/uk\/lomax-consecration-postponed-after-complaints\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: The consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be Suffragan Bishop of Warwick (previously scheduled for 6 November) has been postponed after complaints were received after the announcement of his appointment. No findings have been made.\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/U0LPmwikWJ<\/p>&mdash; Madeleine Davies (@MadsDavies) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MadsDavies\/status\/2109608330221985891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be Suffragan Bishop of Warwick, in the diocese of Coventry, which was previously scheduled for 6 November, has been postponed after complaints. A statement from the diocese, issued on Monday, said that the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147954\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,635,168,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england-coe","category-coe-bishops","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147954"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147959,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147954\/revisions\/147959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}