Thursday, July 19, 2007

Bishop discriminated against gay youth worker

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/19/nbishop119.xml

[Telegraph] 19 July 2007--A gay man won a landmark case of unlawful discrimination against the Church of England yesterday after a bishop refused him a job because of his sexuality.

But the Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, said he was "naturally disappointed" and was considering whether to appeal. The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement said the bishop should resign.

The Rev Richard Kirker, the chief executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, whose sympathisers include a number of Church of England bishops, said the bishop should resign.

But Bishop Priddis said: "I still think the decision I made was the right one."

Related article:
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/?p=1888
News Release from Diocese of Hereford: ‘Tribunal decision is mixed blessing for Church’ - Anglican Mainstream
http://www.peter-ould.net/2007/07/18/hereford-case-judgement/
Hereford Case Judgement - Peter Ould

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