CHURCH SENSATION.
Bishop Of Liverpool Takes
Strong Action.
USED PORBIDDEN SACRAMENT.
("Times" Cables.)
LONDON, November 1.
The Bishop of Liverpool, Dr. A. A. David, in pronouncing his ban on three of his. clergy, used the following words: — "I hereby pronounce that our three brethren, by repudiating my authority, have set themselves outside our ministerial fellowship, and must there remain until by obedience they are again welcomed thereinto."
The Diocesan Synod had agreed to the ban by 246 votes to 39. The clergy concerned, who are Anglo-Catholics, are the Revs. Cyril Wilkins, John DerhamMarshall and Arthur Wykes, all of Liverpool. They had used the forbidden form for the Reservation of the Sacrament. When the bishop demanded the abandonment of the service, which was only applicable to the sick, they replied that on • conscientious grounds they were unable to accept his regulation. The ban is the first synodical action on such grounds. The banned clergy attended the meeting of synod. Mr. Wilkins protested that the ban was illegal.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 260, 2 November 1929, Page 9
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