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grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Tue Sep 6 21:37:02 PDT 2022


Religions never shied away from a good internal witch burning,
only now they've flipped and are burning what they teach straight
from their own books...


Chaplain Claims Church Of England Deemed Him "Risk To Children" For
Questioning LGBT Ideology

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chaplain-claims-church-of-england-deemed-him-risk-to-children-for-questioning-lgbt-ideology_4710900.html
https://christianconcern.com/news/school-chaplain-reported-to-terrorist-watchdog-for-sermon-on-identity-politics/
https://christianconcern.com/news/chaplain-branded-as-risk-to-children-by-cofe-for-sermon/
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/long-eaton-school-reports-chaplain-5395171
https://www.theepochtimes.com/black-trainee-vicar-blocked-from-serving-church-of-england-after-saying-britain-is-not-institutionally-racist_4484065.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtiOlbibMs

A Christian chaplain who was forced out of his job and reported to a
terrorist watchdog for giving a sermon defending the right to question
LGBT ideology claims he was also then blacklisted as a safeguarding
risk to children by the Church of England (CofE).

Rev. Bernard Randall, 49, from Derbyshire, a former chaplain of
Christ’s College, Cambridge, is taking Trent College in Derbyshire to
an employment tribunal over alleged religious discrimination after he
was sacked by the fee-paying CofE school and reported to a government
terrorism watchdog.

Anglican deacon and broadcaster Fr. Calvin Robinson told The Epoch
Times by email that it was “awful the way Rev. Randall had been
treated” but that many clergymen are stifled by “woke hierarchy.”
Woke Activists

“The woke activists who have captured much of the CofE cannot tolerate
any opposition to their agenda, even moderate and considered
opposition which encourages debate,” said Randall, who is ordained by
the CofE, in a statement.

He said that he initially expected support from the church, but
instead found that he had been marked as a “risk to children” by
church officials for “expressing, moderately” the CofE’s own teaching
on human sexuality in a CofE chapel.

In 2019, Randall was disciplined and lost his job as a chaplain at
Trent College after preaching a sermon that presented the Christian
viewpoint on gender identity and LGBT ideology.

He is claiming £120,000 ($138,000) in damages at an employment
tribunal that begins on Monday, arguing that Trent College unfairly
sacked him because of his religious and philosophical beliefs.

Randall said he had presented the traditional Christian view of human
identity and sexuality and told students that they were not compelled
to “accept an ideology they disagree with” but should debate and make
up their own minds about the issue.

A man prays in a church as shoppers make their last minute purchases
on Christmas Eve in Birmingham, England, on Dec. 24, 2018.
(Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The school reported Randall to Prevent, the government’s
counter-terrorism watchdog, after he raised concerns at the school
about an external LGBT group, Educate and Celebrate, that had
encouraged school staff to chant “smash heteronormativity” at a
training session.

Police subsequently said that they found that it did not meet the
threshold for a Prevent referral, and no further action was taken and
no case was recorded on the force system.

His legal team, represented by Christian Concern, alleges that the
Bishop of Derby, the Rt. Rev. Libby Lane, refused to allow him to
officiate in Church services, and argue that this is an act of
discrimination, harassment, and a breach of the Equality Act 2010.
‘Implications’

He also claims that he was told that he was a “moderate risk to
children” and vulnerable adults in a risk assessment undertaken by the
Church of England’s safeguarding team in the Diocese of Derby.

His legal team claims that a Data Subject Access request revealed that
a senior member of Derby Cathedral suggested that there would be
“implications” for anyone associated with the cathedral if they
publicly supported Randall in his legal action. They also claim that
internal emails revealed cooperation between Trent College and the
Diocese of Derby to ensure Randall could not officiate again in the
region.

He is also taking separate legal action against the bishop of Derby
and the CofE.

Calvin Robinson in an undated file photo. (Courtesy of Calvin Robinson)

Fr. Calvin Robinson joined the breakaway conservative Global Anglican
Future Conference this year after he was cancelled by the CofE because
white senior clergy were fearful that he refuted claims that Britain
is “institutionally racist” even though he is black.

“It’s awful the way Rev. Randall has been treated. The State Church is
so afraid of being politically incorrect, it now deems its own
teaching as a safeguarding risk. It’s absurd,” he told The Epoch
Times.

“There are many fantastic clergymen being silenced and stifled by a
woke hierarchy. I pray for their liberation,” he added.
‘Stalinesque’ Interrogations

Commenting in a statement, Randall said that it had been a “hostile,
traumatic and deeply stressful” experience and that “safeguarding” had
been weaponised against what the Church believes to be a difficult
voice.

He experienced what he described as “Stalinesque” interrogations in
which he was told that refusing to capitulate to the allegations and
to deny his beliefs made him a risk.

    “I do not believe delivering a sermon can be a safeguarding issue.
I did not think anything I said was wrong. I certainly didn’t make
personal attacks. I was told by the safeguarding team at Derby diocese
that my sermon and my views, based on C of E teaching, could
potentially cause someone anxiety, as if that is abuse,” said Randall.

    “If the Church of England believes that its own teaching based on
the Bible is a safeguarding risk then what does this say about what
state it’s in?” he added.


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