While undertaking his initial training for the ordained ministry he worked at steelworks in Consett, Co Durham, as a labourer in the coke ovens.

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Yes the church's ruling on this is that homosexuals are welcome in the priesthood but we draw a line at practising homosexuals because the church has a clear ruling on what kind of lifestyle we require in the ordained ministry.

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