Anglican hierarchy fails to support orthodox Anglican Cleric at Tribunal

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After [Cambridge educated chaplain - Dr Randall's] dismissal [by the school just for preaching a sermon] he received a flood of support from parents, former pupils and members of the public. A retired archdeacon wrote: 'You have been treated in a manner that is utterly contemptible. I thought your chapel address was gracious, thoughtful and entirely appropriate.'

But he received no backing from the Church of England hierarchy, whose silence was described as 'appalling' by campaigners last night.

Dr Randall's sermon, delivered in the school chapel in June 2019, was prompted, he says, by pupils' concerns about an organisation called Educate & Celebrate (E&C) run by Dr Elly Barnes, which was invited to 'embed gender, gender identity and sexual orientation into the fabric' of the school and help 'develop a whole-school LGBT+ inclusive curriculum'.

Dr Randall said in his sermon: 'You should no more be told you have to accept LGBT ideology, than you should be told you must be in favour of Brexit, or must be Muslim.' But he stressed the 'need to treat each other with respect'.

(During staff training, Ms Barnes [the focus of his sermon] had encouraged staff to chant 'smash heteronormativity', which Dr Randall, a former Cambridge University chaplain and Oxford graduate, described as bizarre.)

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After [Cambridge educated chaplain - Dr Randall's] dismissal [by the school just for preaching a sermon] he received a flood of support from parents, former pupils and members of the public. A retired archdeacon wrote: 'You have been treated in a manner that is utterly contemptible. I thought your chapel address was gracious, thoughtful and entirely appropriate.'

But he received no backing from the Church of England hierarchy, whose silence was described as 'appalling' by campaigners last night.

Dr Randall's sermon, delivered in the school chapel in June 2019, was prompted, he says, by pupils' concerns about an organisation called Educate & Celebrate (E&C) run by Dr Elly Barnes, which was invited to 'embed gender, gender identity and sexual orientation into the fabric' of the school and help 'develop a whole-school LGBT+ inclusive curriculum'.

Dr Randall said in his sermon: 'You should no more be told you have to accept LGBT ideology, than you should be told you must be in favour of Brexit, or must be Muslim.' But he stressed the 'need to treat each other with respect'.

(During staff training, Ms Barnes [the focus of his sermon] had encouraged staff to chant 'smash heteronormativity', which Dr Randall, a former Cambridge University chaplain and Oxford graduate, described as bizarre.)

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So much for the CofE hierarchy.
 
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