Stonewall: Parents should protect gay children
PARENTS should "protect" their gay children from "anti-gay
sentiment" that they might hear in church, a guide published last
week by Stonewall, the gay-rights campaign-group, says. So You
Think Your Child Is Gay? suggests: "With a bit of research you
should be able to find a place of worship where your family can
feel welcome. Until you know for sure, protect them from anti-gay
sentiment and try to balance out any opinions they might hear in
your place of worship."
Labelled horsemeat is 'fine' - Bishop Baines
THE discovery last week that certain processed-meat products
contained horsemeat was "a question of integrity and confidence,
not of food safety", the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd Nick
Baines, wrote on his blog. "When I find myself in Central Asia, we
eat nothing but horse. . . And it is fine, if you like that sort of
thing. Surely the real controversy ought to be about
misrepresentation and obligation. If a company tells us its lasagne
is made of beef, then it should moo rather than neigh." Speaking in
the House of Lords on Monday, the Bishop of Ripon & Leeds, the
Rt Revd John Packer, asked the Government to provide "reassurance
on the action taken by the food industry as regards finding
non-halal traces in allegedly halal food".
Leicester Cathedral prepares for Richard III interment
LEICESTER Cathedral announced "the first major step" for the
interment of King Richard III, on Tuesday. Last week, it was
announced that the skeleton at the site of Greyfriars Church was
indeed that of Richard III (
News, 8 February). A statement from the cathedral said: "A date
has been set - 12 March - when the architects' brief will be agreed
by the Cathedral Chapter, with whom the decision about a final
memorial legally lies." It said that Richard III would be "interred
inside the cathedral in a place of honour", but that no decision
had yet been made "about any proposed tomb". On Thursday of last
week, the Chapter of York issued a statement saying that it
"commends Richard to Leicester's care".
Priest pleads guilty to voyeurism offences
THE Revd Richard Lee, joint Priest-in-Charge of St Augustine's,
Locking, pleaded guilty to eight counts of voyeurism and 18 counts
of making indecent images, when he appeared at North Somerset
Magistrates' Court, on Monday (News, 25
January). Mr Lee, who was suspended from active ministry after
his arrest in July, will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on 4
March.
Bishop Conway suffers burst appendix
THE Bishop of Ely, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, has had surgery
for a burst appendix, Ely diocese announced on Monday. He will
resume his duties when he is fully recovered, the diocese said.
