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WESTMINSTER, England (ChurchMilitant.com) - England's top cardinal is authorizing an openly homosexual former Anglican priest to be trained for the Catholic priesthood in his archdiocese despite Vatican directives cautioning against ordaining homosexuals to the priesthood.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) has endorsed the admission of David Cherry for priestly formation at Allen Hall Seminary, London.
"I started formation in Allen Hall last September, two years after being received into the Catholic Church," Cherry wrote in the 2021 Easter edition of the seminary's newsletter.
Cherry said he "found the courage to take this great leap of faith" through his "involvement in Ignatian spirituality and discernment" and "with the patience and love of friends."
In September 2018, Cherry was received into full communion with the Catholic Church in the Parish of the Most Precious Blood -- an Anglican ordinariate parish in the archdiocese of Southwark.
Sources at Allen Hall told Church Militant that Cherry no longer has a homosexual partner.
Cherry's Gay Pride
Seminarians stumbled on Cherry's involvement in gay activism on the internet when they found a flyer advertising "LGBT History Month" at the University of Westminster.
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GAY EX-ANGLICAN CLERIC TO BE CATHOLIC PRIEST | VirtueOnline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) has endorsed the admission of David Cherry for priestly formation at Allen Hall Seminary, London.
"I started formation in Allen Hall last September, two years after being received into the Catholic Church," Cherry wrote in the 2021 Easter edition of the seminary's newsletter.
Cherry said he "found the courage to take this great leap of faith" through his "involvement in Ignatian spirituality and discernment" and "with the patience and love of friends."
In September 2018, Cherry was received into full communion with the Catholic Church in the Parish of the Most Precious Blood -- an Anglican ordinariate parish in the archdiocese of Southwark.
Sources at Allen Hall told Church Militant that Cherry no longer has a homosexual partner.
Cherry's Gay Pride
Seminarians stumbled on Cherry's involvement in gay activism on the internet when they found a flyer advertising "LGBT History Month" at the University of Westminster.
Continued below.
GAY EX-ANGLICAN CLERIC TO BE CATHOLIC PRIEST | VirtueOnline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism
