Kirk Truce 'Trashed' in Fresh Row Over Gay Clergy Man in Civil Partnership Is Signed Up to Train As Minister Man in Civil Partnership Is Signed Up to Train As Minister Exclusive
The Herald › September 08, 2009
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THE Church of Scotland has been thrown into fresh turmoil over its controversial ban on gay ordination after a man in a civil partnership was signed up to be a trainee minister.
In a move that will reopen bitter divisions, the third-largest presbytery in Scotland has agreed to nominate an openly gay man to begin training as a minister. This has led to critics claiming that a two-year moratorium on the appointment of homosexual clergy agreed at this year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has been "well and truly trashed".See the full content of this document
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Kirk Truce 'Trashed' in Fresh Row Over Gay Clergy Man in Civil Partnership Is Signed Up to Train As Minister Man in Civil Partnership Is Signed Up to Train As Minister Exclusive
Former lawyer Demetrius Ross is to begin a period of training during which he is expected to undertake a series of placements in a congregation.
The 42-year-old has been in the civil partnersh...See the full content of this document
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