Dudley pulls it off!

http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2008/10/dudley-pulls-it.html

[Times Online] 24 Oct 2008--As we report, the Rector of St Bartholomew the Great, the Rev Dr Martin Dudley, is to escape any form of discipline or reprimand for the Prayer Book-style 'wedding' service he conducted for two gay priests, the Rev Peter Cowell and the Rev David Lord. Mr Dudley has reached an agreement with the Bishop of London, the Right Rev Richard Chartres that the matter shall now be laid to rest after the errant cleric sent a 'letter of regret' in which he pledges not to do it again and admits he was wrong. It would be pushing it too far to call it an apology, and Stonewall, which has him as one of its Hero of the Year nominees for its awards dinner next month, doesn't see it as a climbdown either. Another Hero of the Year, incidentally, is Bishop Gene Robinson, who is flying over specially for the ceremony at the V&A where Dud the Stud will be an honoured guest. Incidentally, I am honoured to bring you these beautiful, evocative photographs of the service in May, the first officially released, taken by the talented Polly Alexandre of Alexandre Weddings. Not just a real wedding, it seems, but a real Mass as well. What is the Church of England coming to!