Presbyterian Church in Ireland - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 11 Jun 2018 03:18:35 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Presbyterian Church in Ireland - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Presbyterian Church in Ireland denies membership to gay couples https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/06/11/presbyterian-ireland-gay-couples/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:55:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=108062 The Presbyterian Church in Ireland says people in same-sex relationships cannot be a full member of the Church. The new policy extends to these people's children, who the Presbyterian Church says cannot be baptised. The new policy followed the Irish Presbyterian Church cutting ceremonial ties with the Church of Scotland due to its more liberal Read more

Presbyterian Church in Ireland denies membership to gay couples... Read more]]> The Presbyterian Church in Ireland says people in same-sex relationships cannot be a full member of the Church.

The new policy extends to these people's children, who the Presbyterian Church says cannot be baptised.

The new policy followed the Irish Presbyterian Church cutting ceremonial ties with the Church of Scotland due to its more liberal attitude to same-sex relationships. Read more

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