The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby(Photo: Geoff Crawford/Church of England)
The Archbishop of Canterbury has "been on a journey." In an interview with Alistair Campbell he was asked about where he and the Church of England had got to in relation to moving beyond the traditional teaching on sex and marriage embedded in the Church's history and canons. His reply was:
"Where we've come to is to say that all sexual activity should be within a committed relationship and whether it's straight or gay."
This statement, contradicting his Church's official teaching as it does, has caused a great deal of concern since, as everyone knows the C of E is in the middle of a civil war over the role of sex, erotic love and changing the definition of marriage. CT.
