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| The newly enthroned Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Andrew John Source: Church Times |
'There are good and kind and faithful priests in the Church in Wales but the Holy Spirit has withdrawn from its leadership'.
That is the conclusion of the Rev George Conger, journalist and parish priest, speaking on Anglican Unscripted [Edition 730 starting at position 30.25].
George Conger has has been described by the Daily Telegraph 'the most knowledgeable reporter covering the Anglican world today'.
He said: "The trajectory downwards of the Church in Wales has been a long time coming, starting with 'political operator', Barry Morgan, who 'put buddies into positions of influence and authority, including bishops. Barry Morgan said we are going to have women bishops, we are going to have gay bishops, and sure enough they appointed women bishops and a lesbian bishop."
Attendance continues to decline, he says, with a collection of bishops who are 'just appalling' in their 'lack of pastoral sensitivity' and their 'lack of practical theology' while parish priests are left to care for up to seven or eight parishes.
The sad records of the bishops of St Davids and of Llandaff do not escape Conger's attention but his main condemnation was reserved for the new primate, Andy John, who claims that the Church in Wales in five years is going to have gay marriage and the bishops are pushing the Church in that direction. It is a case of the bishops pushing until the rest of the Church in the form of the Governing Body 'comes along side', he says.
It was the 'road to perdition'.
