Gay clergy to be defrocked soon

Source: The Independent 16.01.2012.




Church of England solicitors have drawn up a document detailing the circumstances in which a cleric would be legally banned from becoming a bishop.

The caveat in the legal note says that only those who had 'repented their physical gay past' could be considered for the bishopric.

It was nicknamed the 'The Jeffrey John clause' after the openly gay Dean of St.Alban's who was made to relinquish his 'Bishop of Reading' appointment in 2003.



Colin Coward, director of the pro-gay lobby says 'The church is sick, it needs to be fixed right away'.

It has been reported that the Right Reverend John had had enough of being passed over for promotion and has instructed a specialist employment law firm to begin proceedings against the Cof E.

Wierdly, Jeffrey Johns is the split of Elton John.



The word Bishopric

may now have a rather less

reverential slant.



Clergy revered by
their partners are 'not fit' to
preach what they practise.



Defrocking-is that
just a euphemism for banning
gay clergy from office?



Elton lookalike
Jeffrey John is most like him
in both word and deed.


Unholy row means
that Dean of St Alban's can't
Carry On Preaching