{"id":10445,"date":"2010-10-28T12:50:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2010-10-28T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T16:50:31","slug":"primate-fred-hiltz-apologises-to-gays-lesbians-and-bisexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/primate-fred-hiltz-apologises-to-gays-lesbians-and-bisexuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Primate Fred Hiltz apologises to gays, lesbians and bisexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a Eucharist to celebrate the 35<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Integrity, Fred Hiltz apologised to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Anglicans for hurting them. He didn\u2019t extend the apology to sadomasochist Anglicans for the obvious reason.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.anglican.ca\/images\/november10_anglican_low_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Page 8):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AT a 35th anniversary celebration for Integrity, the organization for Anglican gays, lesbians and bisexuals, the primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, publicly apologized for the hurt the church had inflicted on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know many of you have suffered the consequences of homophobia in the church,\u201d he said. \u201cI know many of you have suffered subtle forms of persecution.\u201d He acknowledged that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people have been labeled as disordered and unnatural, have suffered anxiety and depression and \u201chave been pressured to hide the truth about what you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI stand before you as one member of the church called by office to care for all members of the church.\u201d He admitted the church had silenced them, refused to listen to them, and failed to see them as deeply committed to the church. Then, speaking slowly and emphatically, he said, \u201cI am sorry for the many ways in the past, and maybe in the present, in which you have been hurt by the church. I am sorry.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Eucharist to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Integrity, Fred Hiltz apologised to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Anglicans for hurting them. He didn\u2019t extend the apology to sadomasochist Anglicans for the obvious reason. From here (Page 8): AT &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/primate-fred-hiltz-apologises-to-gays-lesbians-and-bisexuals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2032,2167,895],"class_list":["post-10445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-homosexuality","tag-integrity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}