Anthony Priddis
Anthony Martin Priddis (born 1948) is the current Bishop of Hereford. He has three children. He is best known for having vetoed the appointment of a gay youth officer, an action which was found to be unlawful by an industrial tribunal.
Career
Priddis was ordained in 1972, following which he worked as a deacon at New Addington, Surrey. In 1975 he moved to Oxford and held a number of posts within Oxfordshire. He became Bishop of Warwick in 1996. He was appointed to the role of Bishop of Hereford in March 2004; this appointment was the first time a Bishop had been appointed by the Church of England following external advertising. [1]
In April 2007, he was in the news as having vetoed the appointment of a gay youth officer who brought Employment Tribunal proceedings against him claiming unlawful sexual orientation discrimination.[2] The youth officer was not in a sexual relationship and had undertaken not to enter into a sexual relationship whilst in post without discussing it with the Bishop first. The proceedings were successful and the Bishop was found to have acted unlawfully by discriminating against the youth officer because of his sexuality.[3] [4][5]
References
- ^ BBC profile of Anthony Priddis
- ^ BBC News (2007-04-01) "Gay man takes bishop to tribunal". Retrieved on 2007-04-09
- ^ Hereford case: judgement published Thinking Anglicans website (accessed 18 July 2007)
- ^ Bishop loses gay employment case BBC News website (accessed 18 July 2007)
- ^ Bishop urged to resign after diocese loses gay bias case The Guardian 19 July 2007
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