Andrew Foreshew-Cain
Andrew Foreshew-Cain | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrew Cain |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse | Steve Foreshew-Cain[1] |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Church of England |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Andrew Foreshew-Cain (né Andrew Cain) is a Church of England chaplain of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford.
He married his partner of 14 years, Steve Foreshew, in 2014.[2] He was the first Anglican vicar and second priest to be in a same-sex marriage, despite the Church of England's opposition.[3][4]
Although he kept his position at St Mary with All Souls in Kilburn, and St James' in West Hampstead, after his wedding, he was blacklisted from getting another job within the church, after he resigned as priest and member of the General Synod in 2017, citing institutional homophobia within the church as his reason for leaving.[5][6]
Because of his marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, did not want him to become chaplain of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford; however, he was given the role in 2019 by Alan Rusbridger, the former Guardian editor-in-chief, and was allowed to take it as appointments at Oxford colleges operate outside the Church's jurisdiction, meaning the appointment cannot be blocked by bishops.[7][4][8]
He is the co-founder of Equal, the Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England, a group which is calling for the CofE to accept same-sex marriages.[9][10] He also defended fellow gay vicar Jarel Robinson-Brown, who described "a cult of white British nationalism" surrounding a nationwide clap for Captain Tom Moore following his death, telling The Observer: "What Jarel tweeted was actually very respectful of Captain Tom, but he raised questions about some of those lionising him. There has been a pile-on in response, and the church has aided that."[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Name used on Twitter
- ^ Duffy, Nick (22 June 2014). "London: Gay vicar defies Church to marry same-sex partner". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Brown, Andrew (22 June 2014). "Second priest defies Church of England to marry his same sex partner". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b Hellen, Nicholas (14 October 2018). "Blacklisted gay vicar Andrew Foreshew-Cain works for Guardian's Alan Rusbridger". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "The rebel priest: 'Gay people in the church are not going to go away'". The Guardian. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Beresford, Meka (30 April 2017). "Vicar slams 'homophobic' church as he quits". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Davis, Grace (10 April 2019). "LMH appoints first vicar in gay marriage as new chaplain". The Oxford Student. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Duffy, Nick (14 April 2019). "Oxford college appoints married gay vicar as chaplain". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Hellen, Nicholas (14 April 2019). "Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, appoints gay, married priest". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Equal". cofe-equal-marriage.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet (7 February 2021). "'Church aided the pile-on' of curate's Captain Tom tweet". The Observer. Retrieved 7 February 2021.