‘Hard decisions will have to be made,’ says Benn

Wallace Benn, a former Bishop of Lewes, writes: I was privileged to be part of the group at the Lambeth Conference of world-wide Anglican bishops in 1998 which produced the statement overwhelmingly supported by the Conference, which included:

‘… while rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture, calls on all people to minister pastorally and sensitively to all …’

‘… cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those in same gender unions’ (Lambeth 1.10).