Posts Tagged ‘House of Bishops’

Working party upholds seal of confession law

Thursday, May 9th, 2019

A Church of England (C of E) working party says the Archbishops’ Council and House of Bishops must decide if  C of E church law should change so priests can breach the seal of confession. The working party’s focus was on whether the law could be changed to enable priests to report the abuse, or Read more

CofE clergy banned from backing two political parties

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Clergy in the Church of England have been banned from joining or promoting two extreme right-wing political parties. The church’s House of Bishops has deemed the constitution, policies, activities and statements of the National Front and the British National Party incompatible with the Church of England’s teachings. This is in relation to the church’s teaching Read more