The Church of England is appointing its first female bishop.

Senior figures in the Church of England have backed a Christian counsellor after she treated a gay man who said he wanted to be cured of his homosexuality.

Homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people should be treated with “compassion” and as equal Christians, according to a new Church of England guide published today.

A Church of England report on human sexuality was being published today in the wake of the row over gay clergy in the Anglican Communion.