Gay man training for lay clergy 'bullied by sex obsessed female manager'

London Telegraph ^ | 6/10/08 | Carolyne Gammel

[pissant]

A gay man training to become a member of the lay clergy quit his job at a church college after he was bullied by his "sex obsessed" female manager, a tribunal has heard.

Stephen Price, 25, said he was constantly taunted about his sexuality by Mair Jones and that "every conversation" turned to sex.

The assistant church centre manager said Mrs Jones, 40, loved making double entendres about homosexuals and described herself as the "Queen of Innuendos".

Mr Price, who is claiming sexual harassment, constructive dismissal and sexual discrimination by the Presbyterian Church of Wales, said he was driven out of the residential post after less than a year.

"I was bullied consistently for no other reason than my sexuality, daily having to put up with either being referred to as a poof or having her talk of homosexuality or sex," the philosophy graduate told the employment tribunal in Cardiff.

"Every conversation would somehow end up being a conversation about sex. I asked for a big ruler and she responded: "Ooh, you like them big do you?" in obvious reference to a man's penis size.

[tet68]

Hahaha, that guy ought to try being a straight guy working in a gay salon some time, talk about in you end O!

[mavfin]

I find it interesting that on this forum, if this woman did this to a straight man, she’d be called a whore, or sex-obsessed, and a call would go out for her to be fired, but since she did this to a gay man, she’s a hero to many?

Sounds pretty inconsistent to me.

[lesser_satan]

She's guilty based in the photographic evidence, but I recommend a suspended sentence for her wicked, dark, politically-incorrect sense of humor, and her resistance to letting more kiddy-diddlers weasel their way into The Church.

I wouldn't hit it, but she'd probably be fun to drink with.

[JRios1968]

I wouldn't hit it, but she'd probably be fun to drink with.

Who knows, maybe hitting that would be like riding a moped.

[Concho]

Yeah, as long as you didnt let your friends catch you at it.

[Hyzenthlay]

LOL! That sounds something like my friends would say... I have one friend who turns half the stuff she hears into sexual innuendo, then another friend where pretty much everything she says just ‘comes out wrong’ and sounds like innuendo. Put the two of them together, and the result is hilarious.

However, I also have to admit, that since clergy are supposed to be celibate, maybe the gay guy becoming clergy wasn’t entirely bad in that he wouldn’t be having sex and spreading diseases that are more common among gay men? So I’m sort of split, cause on one hand he’s looking to do something that would require him to behave himself, and on the other hand he should lighten up a bit.