TUTU APOLOGISES FOR CHURCH HOMOPHOBIA
In a new interview with BBC Radio Manchester, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has apologised for the persecution of gays by the Anglican Church.
Tutu spoke on the phone from Cape Town to Ashley Byrne from the The Gay Hour – a BBC gay radio show which was broadcast on Monday.
“I want to apologise to you and to all those who we in the church have persecuted… I’m sorry that we have been part of the persecution of a particular group… For me that is quite un-Christ like and, for that reason, it is unacceptable,” he said.
“Maybe even as a retired Archbishop I probably have, to some extent, a kind of authority, but apart from anything let me say for myself and anyone who might want to align themselves with me, I’m sorry,” he continued, “I’m sorry for the hurt, for the rejection, for the anguish that we have caused to such as yourselves.”
In November, also speaking to a BBC radio show, Tutu slammed the Anglican Church’s obsession with homosexuality and said that he wouldn’t worship a homophobic god.
“If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God,” he said in the earlier interview.
The global Anglican Church is facing a split between its liberal and conservative branches over the issue of gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions.
Awesome. This guy is just too cool for words. If he ran for president I’d vote for him in a second!
viva tutu. In my books, this man is a God-send. If only our world leaders could do away with their egos for just a nanosecond and listen to what he has to say, we wouldn’t have Sudan, no Zimbabwe, no Iraq and Afghanistan, no persecution of the minority as an international sport. Mr Tutu’s name will forever live in history as a champion of a free world.
Tutu. GOD BLESS TUTU
If only there were more leaders like him this world would be wonderful place for all to live in.
“Leben und Leben lassen” = (live and let live)
tutu . Why is it that only the persons that served in high offices go on pension and as soon as they see their popularity decline that they target the gay community to say sorry or politicians to conves their crimes?
it is nice of Tutu to do this but it would actually carry more weight if the present leader of the church while still in office apologys, and if all the different leaders of this church in the different countries would do the same at least they would project a united image and it would seem heart felt and not just a ” i’m sorry ” from one person.
its better. it is so much better for Tutu to apologise becuse what i knw is Lord said those who judge will be punished three times the sinner. we r not the sinner uas ( gays) if we were not of God whay would we work the types of jobs that we r working and let me remind them of something” it was confirmed that Adam was the world first gay, how can a real man sit next to a naked woman sucking apples instead of nipples” we all beleive that theres GOD