Gay English bishop Derek Rawcliffe dies at 89

Dan82 · Feb 11, 2011

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Derek Rawcliffe, the first Church of England bishop to be open about his homosexuality, has died. He was 89.

St. Aidan's Church in Leeds, which will celebrate a requiem Mass for Rawcliffe on Sunday, said he died Feb. 1.

Rawcliffe disclosed his homosexuality on television in 1995, when he was serving as an honorary bishop in Ripon and Leeds diocese. He was dismissed the following year for conducting blessings of same-sex couples.

In an interview with the Yorkshire Post in 1995, Rawcliffe said he faced the issue of his sexual identity when he was working in Melanesia, and realized he loved a young man who had made approaches...

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Gay English bishop Derek Rawcliffe dies at 89

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