Category Archives: Safeguarding

To Sign or Not To Sign – A Bishop’s Dilemma

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Jayne Ozanne, Editor of ViaMedia and Director of the Global Commission on LGBT+ Lives It has been very interesting reading the various responses from a range of bishops around the world to my invitation to them, and to other … Continue reading →

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LLF: LISTEN TO ALL THE VOICES

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Nicholas Henshall, Dean of Chelmsford Contested conversations and the life of faith Contested conversation is written into Old Testament narrative. Indeed, the Bible presents contested conversation as its primary hermeneutical model. It still stands at the … Continue reading →

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LLF: The Cost of Careless Talk and Needless Silence

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Savitri Hensman, community worker, author of “Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness” and LGBTI+ equality activist The damage often done to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) people in the Church of England has been much discussed lately. At the … Continue reading →

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LLF: Please Break the Silence, Bishops

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Dr Charlie Bell, Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge and ordinand at St Augustine’s College of Theology  How long must I bear pain in my soul,    and have sorrow in my heart all day long? (Psalm 13) Since LLF was published … Continue reading →

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LLF: History Repeating Itself: The “Beautiful” Story

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Simon Butler, Prolocutor for the Province of Canterbury and and member of the Archbishops’ Council Not long ago I did something very embarrassing. In email correspondence with a man of Afro-Caribbean heritage, I failed to notice … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, Living in Love & Faith, Safeguarding, Simon Butler | 7 Comments

LLF: Bishops – The Time Is Now!

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Jay Greene, Member of General Synod and Member of the Co-ordinating Group for the General Synod’s Sexuality and Gender Group Back in January I was fortunate to go to Wales and see Cherry Vann consecrated as bishop of Monmouth. … Continue reading →

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LLF: Can Perfect Love Cast Out Fear?

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Vicar of St John’s Waterloo and Member of the Co-Ordinating Group for the  “Living in Love and Faith” Project I’ve found the past month surreal, exciting and painful, in more or less equal measure. Surreal, … Continue reading →

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LLF – That Video, Those Principles & a Call for a Public Inquiry

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Jayne Ozanne, Editor of ViaMedia, Member of General Synod and Director of the Ozanne Foundation I made myself sit down and watch the Church of England’s Evangelical Council’s “Beautiful Story” video yesterday, which, like reading the massive tome Living … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, IICSA, Jayne Ozanne, Living in Love & Faith, Mental Health, Safeguarding, Spiritual Abuse | 35 Comments

LLF – Patience & Pain

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Venerable Peter Leonard, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and Chair of OneBodyOneFaith How long are LGBT+ Christians expected to carry the painful emotional cost of being part of an unsafe church? After a break of some 12 … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, Living in Love & Faith, Peter Leonard, Safeguarding, Spiritual Abuse | 13 Comments

LLF – Waiting for Godot

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Prof Helen King, Professor Emerita in Classical Studies at The Open University and member of Living in Love and Faith project So it’s over. The resources are published, the initial reactions registered. In the run-up to publication, there was … Continue reading →

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