Jeremy Pemberton, an NHS chaplain in Lincolnshire, married his partner Laurence Cunnington in April. Subsequently, the Acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham revoked his Permission to Officiate in his diocese, which meant that he was unable to take up a new post of chaplaincy and bereavement manager for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – and the Trust subsequently revoked its job offer.

It has now been announced that Canon Pemberton has begun proceedings in an Employment Tribunal; Continue reading →