Church move sparks call for leading gay cleric to be bishop
A CLERGYMAN campaigning for gay rights has called for a leading gay cleric to be made a bishop.
A CLERGYMAN campaigning for gay rights has called for a leading gay cleric to be made a bishop.
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It follows the disclosure that the Church of England has dropped its opposition to gay clergy becoming bishops if they agree to stay celibate.
The Rev Martin Reynolds said his friend Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans and the most senior openly gay Church of England cleric, could now become a bishop.
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