Bishop steps down after speaking of campaign forcing him to quit
by Harry Farley, Christian Today:
The assistant Bishop of Llandaff is resigning after speaking of a sustained campaign forcing him to quit.
David Wilbourne, a strong supporter of gay cleric Jeffrey John, will step down on Easter Sunday after ‘considerable and increasing pressure to relinquish’ his post for the past 18 months, he told the Church Times.
The Church in Wales denies there is any campaign against Bishop Wilbourne forcing him to quit and said his role had been there to assist the recently retired Archbishop of Wales, Barry Morgan, who was also Bishop of Llandaff.
The assistant bishop has backed Dr John, currently Dean of St Albans Cathedral, in a feud with bishops after he was recently blocked from being appointed Bishop of Llandaff.
Dr John wrote to the senior bishop in Wales, Dr John Davies, saying the only reason he was barred from the post was his sexuality.
‘Ever since I knew that Jeffrey was in the frame for Llandaff, I thought it would speak mountains about our policy of inclusion. Wales has led on that; so I can’t understand why the bishops aren’t of the same mind,’ he told the Church Times.
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