BREAKING: The Church of England has issued a formal apology and admitted that LGBTQ+ people have been ‘failed’ in the past.
It comes after the church this week said it will bless same-sex civil marriages for the first time – though its position on gay marriage will not change and same-sex couples will still be unable to marry at church.
The pastoral letter, published on Friday, says: ‘We want to apologise for the ways in which the Church of England has treated LGBTQ+ people – both those who worship in our churches and those who do not. ‘For the times we have rejected or excluded you, and those you love, we are deeply sorry. The occasions on which you have received a hostile and homophobic response in our churches are shameful and for this we repent.
‘As we have listened, we have been told time and time again how we have failed LGBTQ+ people. We have not loved you as God loves you, and that is profoundly wrong. ‘We affirm, publicly and unequivocally, that LGBTQ+ people are welcome and valued: we are all children of God.’
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