Cherry Vann becomes first woman and LGBTQ cleric named archbishop in Britain

Nbcnews.com ^ | 08/01/2025 | Reuters

[massmike]

LONDON — Bishop Cherry Vann has been elected as archbishop of the Church in Wales, becoming the first woman and LGBTQ cleric appointed to lead any of Britain’s Anglican churches.

While the broader, international Anglican Communion has had openly gay bishops before, most notably Gene Robinson in the United States, Vann will be the first lesbian to serve as archbishop globally.

The Church in Wales, which broke away from the Church of England in 1920, elected Vann to the post on Wednesday.

According to her official biography, Vann lives with her civil partner, Wendy, and the couple’s two dogs. While the Church in Wales does not conduct same-sex marriages, it permits clergy to enter into civil partnerships.

Vann will replace Andrew John, who resigned in June following the publication of two internal church reports in May which raised concerns about governance and safeguarding. There was no suggestion of any wrongdoing by John.

[Mr. Jeeves]

We are rapidly reaching the (perhaps intended) point where young British men are going to decide that what Islam has to offer them is preferable to what the current Church and State are peddling.

[ViLaLuz]

Pray she wake up to this abominable foolishness before she leaves this world.

What does it mean to be overrighteous and overwise (Ecclesiastes 7:16)?
https://www.gotquestions.org/overrighteous-overwise.html

[Albion Wilde]

Britain is lost. It’s an ex-Britain.

[Albion Wilde]

It’s purely a box-checking move to appoint a woman. And a lesbian checks yet another meaningless box.

What took centuries to build up can be torn down in weeks.