Church rescinds invitation to anti-LGBT speaker
From RTE Ireland:
The Church of Ireland Archdiocese of Dublin and Glendalough has said that the rector of one of its churches in Co Wicklow has rescinded an invitation to a controversial guest speaker who has written of “rewiring” the psyche of a gay man correctly “to enable him to feel like a man again”.
However, Dr Ed Silvoso has said this characterisation of him is “fallacious and misleading”.
Confirming the decision to rescind the invitation, a diocesan spokesperson emphasised that Dr Silvoso is visiting the country to address a conference organised by a different church group.
Dr Silvoso was due to be the special speaker at Redcross Church of Ireland’s Sunday Service this weekend, but that announced drew protests from a Cork-based activist, Fiona O’Leary, due to his attitude to LGBT people.
Rector Roland Heaney, who has ministered in Redcross for 26 years, is part of the Evangelical wing of the Church of Ireland.
As recently as last Monday afternoon his church was promoting Dr Silvoso as the special speaker at Sunday morning’s service.
However, following the removal of the Facebook posting, the spokesperson for the Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough, Dr Michael Jackson, told RTÉ News that Redcross’s Rector had taken the decision.
Dr Silvoso is a leading member of the New Apostolic Reformation, which preaches dominion theology.
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