Some have left the church because I am a gay woman, says Archbishop

Wilma LopezDec 27, 2025

Not sure what else she expected,

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Some have left the church because I am a gay woman, says Archbishop
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The Archbishop of Wales Cherry Vann says she has received backlash since her appointment but wants "unity" in the church
The Archbishop of Wales has said that some parishioners have chosen to leave the Church in Wales in protest over her sexuality and gender.
The Most Reverend Cherry Vann, who is also Bishop of Monmouth, became both the UK's first female Archbishop as well as the first openly gay Archbishop in the world, in July.
Speaking ahead of delivering her first Christmas message as Archbishop, she said she had been hurt by attacks over her sexuality, but added those with different opinions should not be forbidden from expressing their views.
It follows the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Gafcon) describing her appointment as "another painful nail in the coffin of Anglican orthodoxy".
Speaking to BBC Wales, the Archbishop said: "There are still patches all over the place where people continue to struggle with women in leadership and I have to respect that.
"The …

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OrthocatDec 29, 2025

"absolutely null and utterly void"

Paolo FDec 29, 2025

Not sure either that Henry VIII would have accepted this

Dr. BobusDec 29, 2025edited

In fact, the "father" of Anglicanism is Elizabeth I

SonoftheChurchDec 29, 2025edited

He would have chopped off her head like he did many other treacherous women….and rightly so.

Louis IXDec 28, 2025

Cherry Vann you aren’t anything you claim to be. Repent and believe the Gospel. And for goodness sake stop dressing up as a member of the (dubious) Anglican clergy.

Opera 369Dec 27, 2025

Does this 'archbishop' (of what?) know the Gospel? Has she read the Word of God? Where did she read that it was acceptable to God to be a "gay woman archbishop"...? She can't be teaching the true Gospel! So, then, she must just be there to ...preach her self-serving ideologica/politics! I would leave too, moreover, I would not 'enter' in the first place.