Church of Ireland bishops meet over disagreements on human sexuality

Bishops in the Church of Ireland convened this week for crisis talks on the rift over human sexuality.

The talks come weeks after a senior minister prompted outcry after confirming that he had entered into a civil partnership in July.

The Dean of Leighlin Cathedral, the Very Rev Tom Gordon, was the first Anglican clergyman in Ireland to enter into a civil partnership.

Although the Church of Ireland has no official stance on homosexuality, the dean’s civil partnership has hurt conservative members of the Church, who issued a joint statement warning of a split. To read more, click here.