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STATEMENT ON DISSENT AND COMPLAINT
| Following the General Assembly
2009 the Principal Clerk has produced the following statement
for use by Parish Ministers and others, as required, the
text being subject to the Report of the Selection Committee: |
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The General Assembly have agreed a moratorium on further
public discussion of some of the issues debated this year.
This note describes the decisions made, to help congregations
to understand them.
The General Assembly have set up a Special Commission chaired
by a Scottish judge to examine questions relating to homosexuality
and the ordination and induction of ministers. The Commission
will report to the General Assembly of 2011. Meanwhile, the
Assembly have instructed the Courts and committees of the
Church to avoid making public statements on that particular
issue, while leaving open the possibility of more general
discussion. Individuals too are asked to behave in the spirit
of this decision.
The Assembly heard a case involving the Presbytery of Aberdeen,
which had previously been brought before the Church’s
Courts. The Assembly approved the procedures followed by the
Presbytery, and therefore decided to allow the Call to the
charge of Aberdeen: Queen’s Cross to be sustained. However,
further decisions relating to ordinations and inductions in
similar circumstances are not to be made until the Special
Commission has reported.
Information about the Special Commission's remit and work is available here.
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