London rector found guilty by Church tribunal
The Press Association reports that an Anglican rector from London has been banned from working as a priest for two years after he was found guilty of sexually propositioning two gay servicemen.
Father David Gilmore, of St Anne’s Church, Soho, in the West End of London, has been removed from office and prohibited from exercising ministry as a priest for two years following a hearing of a church disciplinary tribunal, the Diocese of London said.
The rector was accused of conduct “inappropriate for a clergyman” including making indecent sexual propositions to two men, named only as A and B, who were staying overnight at his rectory in December 2009.
The tribunal was told the rector had asked the men, who were in London for a conference of lesbian and gay members of the Armed Forces, to sleep with him in his bed.
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