Church of Ireland Bishop comes out in support of gay marriage, slams anti-gay pastor...

The Right Rev Dr Paul Colton, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, said he read Baptist pastor Craig Ledbetter’s remarks with “disbelief”.

“It is reprehensible, and is certainly not representative of either the God or Christianity I believe in,” Bishop Colton said.

Mr Ledbetter, head of the Bible Baptist Church of Ballincollig, Co Cork, sparked outrage when he rowed into the referendum debate.

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