Homosexual rejected for entering priesthood, heads to human rights tribunal
Arms of the Diocese of Auckland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A homosexual man is taking the Anglican Bishop of Auckland to the Human Rights Tribunal after being rejected for training as a priest . A hearing begins today following a complaint from the man, who says he feels discriminated against because of his sexuality. It is understood the man - who is in a sexual relationship with his partner - has wanted to enter the church's training programme for priests for years. But after applying to enter after years of study, he was rejected by the Bishop Ross Bay, who approves entrants. Bishop Bay told One News last night that he was simply following the church's doctrines. The man was rejected "by reason of the defendant not being chaste in terms of canons of the Anglican Church ," the bishop said. That means that anyone wanting to become ordained needs to be in what the Anglican Church deems to be a chaste relationship - a marriage between a man a