James Ferry (priest)
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James Ferry | |
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| Assistant priest at the Church of the Holy Trinity | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Appointed | 2011 |
James Ferry is a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada. In 1992, he was removed from his parish after it was revealed that he was gay and in a relationship with another man.[1]
Raised in the
He was inhibited from functioning as a priest and later became affiliated with the
Ferry published a book about his experience, In the Courts of the Lord, in 1994.[3]
In 2006, Archbishop Terence Finlay, who had inhibited Ferry, married a lesbian couple in a United Church of Canada church, prompting Ferry to publicly demand an apology for Finlay's treatment of him.[4]
Finlay's successor, Archbishop Colin Johnson, reinstated Ferry's licence on 26 June 2011 and appointed him an honorary assistant priest at the Church of the Holy Trinity.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8245-1391-6.
- ^ David. "Rev. James Ferry". Anglican Samizdat. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- OCLC 27381456.
- ^ "Fired priest Ferry asks for apology from church". Anglican Journal. 1 November 2006. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ Holy Trinity website
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