[Magdalen] Baptism refused...

[Roger Stokes]

On 04/05/2015 23:59, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> Jim H>.... I think a wealthy member or two said they’d pull their 
> financial support...
>
> This does not need any more context than 'church' to really, REALLY 
> irritate me.  It is more offensive to me when church folk do this than 
> what the priest/dean has done in this situation. One may be a personal 
> fault(the subject line), the other is a sin going both ways, IMO. Huge 
> sigh.

I think if the Dean did this because of pressure from a congregant then 
the fault lies with him.  He should have firmly pointed out the Church's 
call to welcome children and not put obstacles in their way.  I know 
Scott (although not a priest let alone Rector) has been subject to 
similar pressure to conform to a wealthy supporter's ways but 
faithfulness to the Gospel demands resistance to the ways of the world, 
even when it costs.

Roger