Court rules church had right to bar Jeremy Pemberton from NHS job because he had marriedA homosexual clergyman who was prevented by the Church of England from taking up a job in the NHS as a hospital chaplain after he married his partner has lost his case against discrimination.
Canon Jeremy Pemberton,who has been a priest for more than 30 years, went to the court of appeal to challenge earlier rulings against him. It rejected his claim, or saying the church had applied “its sincerely held beliefs in a way expressly permitted by the Equality Act”.
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Source: theguardian.com