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Anglican Church Southern Queensland apology
The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt, Dean of Brisbane’s St John’s Anglican Cathedral, this week announced a consultation process to develop a Diocesan apology from the Anglican Church Southern Queensland for past harm. Towards an Anglican Church Southern Queensland apology to LGBTIQA+ people. Listening to the voices of LGBTIQA+ people and their loved ones. In …
Incoming Archbishop of Brisbane welcomes LGBTQI
The Anglican Church Southern Queensland announced on Friday that Jeremy Greaves will fill the position of Archbishop of Brisbane from December. Jeremy Greaves will replace retiring Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall. In one of his first statements since the announcement of his new role, the Courier-Mail reports Jeremy Greaves committed to welcoming LGBTQI people into …
Anglican Diocese of Sydney backs down on marriage clause
The notoriously conservative Anglican Diocese of Sydney will no longer force school principals to affirm their commitment to opposite-sex marriage. Following a backlash from parents and school leaders, the diocese will drop the controversial marriage clause. The stridently anti-same-sex marriage Diocese of Sydney administers a number of expensive private schools in the Sydney area. In …
Anglican funeral ban on Archbishop Tutu’s lesbian daughter
The Church of England last week banned Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s lesbian daughter from officiating at the funeral of her godfather. Martin Kenyon, a close friend of Desmond Tutu, specifically requested that Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth conduct the service. In 2003, Mpho Andrea Tutu van Furth was ordained into the US branch of the Anglican …
Armidale Anglican ‘husband or job’ apology a ‘cop-out’
A former Anglican church music director has dismissed an apology from his diocese as a cop-out. Peter Sanders claims the Dean of Armidale forced him to choose between his husband and his job. Peter Sanders and Peter Grace were formerly prominent members of Armidale’s St Mary’s Anglican Church. In early 2020, they married. Peter Sanders …
Queen’s former chaplain converts to Catholicism
Gavin Ashenden, the Queen’s former chaplain, Saturday converted from the Church of England to Catholicism. Prior to his official conversion, he explained it in an article in the Daily Mail. He blamed the Church of England’s “wider capitulation to the increasingly intense and non-negotiable demands of a secular culture.” Much of the article focussed on …
Anglican priest calls church ‘a serial offender’ against LGBTIQ
An Anglican priest from Albury in New South Wales described the church as a serial offender against LGBTIQ people. He also blamed the ongoing debate over the Religious Freedoms Bill for causing anxiety among his parishioners. Father Peter MacLeod-Miller told the ABC that perhaps it was time for the progressive and conservative arms of the …
Anglican Bishop ‘Threatens To Refuse ALL Marriages’ If Yes Vote Wins
A conservative Anglican bishop from Western Australia is threatening to abandon the registration of marriages if the postal survey returns a “yes” vote and there “aren’t enough” religious protections. Bishop of North West Australia Gary Nelson said that if religious protections fell short, the diocese would have to withdraw from providing all marriage approvals. He …
Anglican Reverends Slam Church’s $1m Donation To ‘No’ Campaign
An Anglican rector has blasted the decision of his church’s Sydney diocese to donate $1m to the postal survey “no” campaign in a passionate open letter. Archbishop Glenn Davies (pictured) announced the donation on Monday, telling the church that “removing gender from the marriage construct” would have “irreparable consequences” for society. “I believe that a …
This Church Donated $1 Million To “No” Campaign
The Sydney Anglican diocese has made a $1 million donation to the “no” campaign in the same-sex marriage postal survey. On Monday, Archbishop Glenn Davies (pictured) announced the donation, made a month ago, in an address to the 51st synod of the diocese of Sydney. He told the church that “removing gender from the marriage …
