Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Gay priest ‘refused to be quizzed’

http://www.diochi.org.uk/images/site_gfx/header_dioceseofchichester.jpgCHICHESTER diocese has initiated disciplinary proceedings against a retired priest in a civil partnership for officiating without permission, and against his rector for allowing him to do so. 

The action, under the Clergy Discipline Measure, is against the Revd David Page, a retired cleric, and the Rector of Winchelsea and Icklesham, Canon Howard Cocks.
 
Mr Page has been ministering in the parish of Winchelsea without a Bishop's licence or Permission to Officiate (PTO).