The Church of England has raised eyebrows by advertising a “Head of Racial Justice Priority” position in the Diocese of London, boasting a salary of £66,646 – more than double the £31,644 stipend for parish priests. The Telegraph has the story.
Positions responsible for “racial justice” have been rolled out in a number of Church of England dioceses in recent years as part of diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives.
The salary for the role in London appears to be the highest offered so far.
The Rev. Marcus Walker, the rector of St. Bartholomew the Great in the City of London, told the Telegraph that the annual contributions requested from parishes by the diocese – which can top six-figures – should not be spent on such high salaries.
“Dioceses can’t wave deficit-riddled accounts at parishes, demanding over £100,000 in parish share, and then pull this kind of salary out of nowhere,” he said.
A Church of England report in 2023 estimated that the total value of what vicars are given by the Church – including their vicarages, council tax bills and expenses – is between £47,000 and £62,000.
In the advertisement for the position, the Rt. Rev. Anderson Jeremiah, the Bishop of Edmonton, said the Church of England’s resources had to be used for “tangible action” so that it would become “more racially just”. …
Employing individuals in racial justice positions has ramped up in the Church of England following the establishment of the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice after the death of George Floyd in May 2020. …
The Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Bishop of Dover, told the General Synod in February that Anglicans needed to “further embed racial justice” in the Church.
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Candice Marie and Mike Leigh have a lot to answer for.
Nuts in May !
Their hatred driven narrative will not succeed in the long term.
They act like spoilt children and should not be indulged.
I have the channel on now for most of the time I wish to receive news/ commentary. I guess talk radio is having similar issues although I do hear adverts on the radio but not TV. Not sure why this should be.
Clearly the MSM still has a stranglehold on opinion (conversations with acquaintances today bear this out) and would probably agree with these puritans that GBNews is an ‘unpleasant, toxic channel’ without actually watching it.
Good to hear viewing figures are growing.
Same here. I usually watch J H-B on TalkTV, but the rest of the time I switch to GB News. They have a great stable of presenters apart from the outstanding Nigel Farage and Mark Steyn.
The headline picture to this article is racist. There is an ethnic on the left, an ethnic on the right and whitey in the middle standing taller than the other two. A blatant example of white privilege.
Absolutely horrendous.
Coddled financed & stroked by tptb !
What a shame that you didn’t publish the full email address of the idiot who sent you the threatening communication. I and many others on here would like to let the volunteer know our views.
I wonder who funds their hate.
Stop Funding Hate = Orwellian New-speak.
‘Hate’ in the context it’s now used reminds me of the word’s usage by children in a school playground, which is the intellectual level of most of the brats working for these pressure/terror groups.