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Last Rites: The End of the Church of England

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this book is blatantly anti Anglicanism, and a bit of over dramaticing his own effectiveness as an Anglican priest. i'm surprised the Church put up with him as long as they did. If so wonderful, why is he not a Catholic priest? Book has interesting insight, but darn if he can't quash even that with his own emotional biases.

As an American Episcopalian in a 27 year partnership with another gay man, I wanted to read this book to gain an inight into the workings of the Church of England -our spiritual leader - as seen by a gay priest who left the chuch.

It has some interesting facts about the church, but it left me wondering if this guy is a drama queen who thinks he is writing a lot from the inside, 'stuff' just to get it off his chest. Even more confusing is his pitch for the Church of Rome, a church that has gone out of its way to give gay relationships the least legal credibility possible. Callng our sexual an intrinsic evil one an example. And he finds this church welcoming? This ex priest must find this ok, even if he (still)is in a partnership w/another gay man. I find it somewhat 'plastic' that he gives himself an "A" in priestly responsibilities with the masses of Anglican parishoners who supposedly cared very much about him and depairing his leaving the church. As a final void, he mentions an Anglican priest who was to become a bishop, relates a version of why he chose to not accept the position, yet gives no credible instances of just how he knows what he does, or even knows the priest involved. This could have been a good and insightful book. It is nether.