Bishop best bite his tongue.
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By Jimbob1
(c) November 24, 2010
A London area bishop has been asked by another cleric to withdraw from public ministry after comments he placed on Twitter and Facebook found their way to the printed page on the weekend.
Bishop Peter Broadbent of Willesden in north London was commenting on the announced engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton and said he gave the royal couple’s marriage “seven years” and then further berated Britian’s Royal Family as nothing more than “shallow celebrities” who cost the public too much to support.
Broadbent also described William’s father Prince Charles and his mother, the late Princess Diana, as “big ears and the porcelain doll”
The comments which Broadbent later admitted were “deeply offensive” offered an apology to the royals on Monday extending his “sincere regrets for the distress caused by my remarks (which) were deeply offensive, and I apologise unreservedly for the hurt caused”.
Fellow cleric, Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, said he was “appalled” by Broadbent’s comments and asked him to “withdraw from public ministry until further notice.”
Bishop Chartres has also contacted the royals concerning Broadbent’s comments expressing his regret and personal “dismay” at on behalf of the church.
On wonders about such public comments and the public apologies that follow…is the apology offered out of sincere regret or does it come because one has been found out…in other words “I’m sorry for what I said” or “I’m sorry that my comments have been made public”.
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I have not seen this in the news yet Jim but then again I haven’t looked at or read the news this week!
Although the bishop is entitled to his own opinion he should maybe have kept those comments away from twitter and he should have his facebook settings, set to friends only, not the whole world!
He has a very responsible position with the kind of job he does and I am sure many look up to and respect his position. He is a silly man and I hope the royals will take this as the dribble it is.
but your article was fab x
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