University fires chaplain for views
by Tim Dieppe, Christian Concern:
It was reported this week that Glasgow University removed a university chaplain after he held a service to atone for the “gross offence against God” of Glasgow Pride.
The organisers said that more than 12,000 people marched in Glasgow Pride last Saturday, led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
In response, Father Mark Morris who was serving as Catholic chaplain to Glasgow Caledonian University, held a church service in his parish church on Monday night to seek “reparation for the gross offence to God which is Pride Glasgow.” The service was described by the Catholic Church in Glasgow as unrelated to Father Morris’s role as chaplain.
Fired within days
The university, however, took remarkably swift action. By Wednesday morning it announced on twitter that it had severed ties with Father Mark Morris.
[…] University principal, professor Pamela Gillies, said: