This paradox of “official outsiderdom” tends to hollow out, or at least relativize, the project’s desire to present the “lone voice” or “marginalized.”
The dean and the cathedral’s governing chapel approved these blessings unanimously, and consulted with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin of Dover.
The Archbishop of Canterbury apologized for his 2018 refusal to exonerate prominent mid-20th century bishop George Bell, who had been accused of sexual abuse of a child.
