Bishop’s version in doubt

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Aug 2019
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Bishop’s version in doubt

Bishop of Chelmsford | photo: CC3.0

Representatives from the Renew steering committee supported the account of John Parker at a meeting on 12 June 2019 regarding his resignation as vicar and school governor (en July). The representatives were part of a meeting of around 30 local clergy at which the Bishop of Chelmsford used language of leaving, and were present at a meeting in which communion was broken.

Bishop Stephen Cottrell disputed Parker’s account in a letter circulated to the clergy by the Bishop’s office in the Diocese of Chelmsford. A statement on GAFCON and the Church Society websites noted the Bishop had ‘carefully worded’ the letter to give the ‘impression that the Bishop had never suggested that Parker should leave the church’ due to his beliefs.

One meeting took place in September 2017 where clergy were told by Bishop Stephen Cottrell that if they disagreed with the approach the Diocese was taking on matters of human sexuality, they should follow their consciences and leave.

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