Bishop of Burnley must go!

Doorkins Magnificat                                                              Bishop Philip North

Question: What unites Women and the Church (WATCH) and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)?

Answer:   Both have called for the Rt Rev Philip North, Bishop of Burnley to stand aside.

Bishop Philip North was forced to reject his nomination as Bishop of Sheffield after a backlash from WATCH and their supporters over his views on the ordination of women.

PETA called upon the Bishop of Burnley to resign after he criticized a cat’s funeral celebrated by Southwark Cathedral

Anglican Ink reports: "The Dean of Southwark, the Very Rev. Andrew Nunn held a Service of Thanksgiving for Doorkins Magnificat, a 12 year old tabby that made its home in the cathedral. The dean told the assembled congregation: “In more normal times, we often host memorial services for the great and the good. But I don’t think there’s ever been a service for a cat,” before interring the cat’s remains in the churchyard on 28 Oct 2020.

"Bishop North’s rebuke of Southwark’s mawkish celebration of the late tabby prompted PETA to seek justice for Doorkins. Triggered by the bishop’s insensitivity and animus towards quadriped Anglicans, PETA wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury demanding the dismissal of the northern province suffragan.

"The Church of England has not responded to the call for the bishop to be dismissed for the crime of speciesism, and Philip North appears to have gone to ground."

It is no surprise that the Rev Peter Mullen laments the Church of England.