THE former chairman of a church in Cornwall which was called sexist after choosing to employ a male vicar rather than a woman has defended the decision.
Andy Virr stood down as chairman, along with other members of Fowey parochial church council (PCC), last month following the committee's decision to advertise for a male-only priest.
Residents of Fowey accused the PCC of being sexist and angrily opposed the legal resolution which was made under a House of Bishops Declaration. The matter received national attention, even being discussed by a critical Phillip Schofield on ITV's This Morning before he faced his own crisis.
Following a heated meeting of the PCC at the church in May - at which a parishioner accused the decision as being "profoundly wrong", while another stated that Fowey was "the last church, probably in the world, to be totally sexist"- Mr Virr has decided to step away from the church, St Fimbarrus. He is critical that the new committee may run the church "over a single issue"
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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