Pro-gay marriage bishop slams pastor’s stance

The first bishop to openly back same-sex civil marriage has described as “reprehensible” the comments of a pastor who said homosexuality is a sexual sin, like rape and adultery.

The Right Rev Dr Paul Colton, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, said he read Baptist pastor Craig Ledbetter’s remarks with “disbelief”.

“It is reprehensible, and is certainly not representative of either the God or Christianity I believe in,” Bishop Colton said.