Reflections on Outing
A reminder of some words I wrote a year ago. — The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out in a legal opinion offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested …
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Everybody Out!
I like this curt summary from the Church Mouse of the situation in the Church of England. If you aren’t aware, some bishops are gay. Â But we don’t talk about it. That just about sums up what a lot of …
GS Oxford Clergy Transfer Analysis
Here is the transfer analysis for the election of clergy proctors for General Synod in Oxford Diocese. The most striking observation on these stage transfers is the failure of Chris Sugden to get elected. Last time (2005) in Oxford Diocese …
Who’s Leaking?
Jonathan Wynne-Jones has the scoop this evening. I can reveal that Dr Jeffrey John, the openly gay but celibate Dean of St Albans, has been blocked from becoming a bishop once again. He has not been chosen as the next …
The Church and Homosexuality – Jeffrey John
For those who are interested, this is the lecture that Dr Jeffrey John gave to the Post Lambeth 1998 Affirming Catholicism Conference entitled “The Church and Homosexuality : Post-Lambeth Reflections”. Instead of using the viewer below you can click here …
Another Day, Another Crisis…
But I didn’t think it was going to be *this* crisis (all over again). A confidential meeting, chaired by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has approved Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, to be on the …