Unpalatable Facebook comments lead to Church of England bishop being suspended

A Church of England bishop had been terminated for making tasteless threads on Facebook. Pete Broadbent is the offending clergyman. He posted some extremely insensitive comments about the upcoming wedding ceremony of Middleton and Prince William. His revocation from the Church of England followed right after. Article resource – Church of England bishop suspended over Facebook remarks by Money Blog Newz.

Suspended bishop for arriving to royal wedding ceremony

Facebook statements have gotten an Anglican bishop terminated. The Rt. Rev. Peter Broadbent, a bishop within the Church of England for the parish of Willesdon, a borough of outer London, took to Facebook and published some interesting viewpoints on the pending noble marriage, based on The Guardian. He made his remarks clear. They said:

“We need a party in Calais for all good republicans who can’t stand the nauseating tosh (nonsense) that surrounds this event.”

He talked about other English royal family members marriage difficulties like Prince Charles and Prince Andrews who have had divorces that the media has been all over which is why he suggests the marriage would only last seven years. The divorces are all over the news again each and every time Sarah Ferguson gets into headlines again. Public backlash had been fairly strong, and Broadbent apologized and retracted his comments.

No more job

An apology simply could not do, and the Bishop of London for the Church of England, the Rt. Rev. Richard Chartres, had to intervene. Broadbent's boss decided he needed to talk to him. Then, he had been asked to "withdraw from the ministry until further notice by his boss. Neither Kate Middleton, or Catherine Middleton as she’s sometimes called, Prince William, nor anybody from the noble family has commented on the statements.

A bad way to express it

The statements made by Broadbent appear to be aimed at the sheer amount of media coverage over the event, which some others concur with, according to the BBC. Seems like like occasionally celeb events are a huge deal. They do not have to be. This has not stopped the royal wedding for being planned at Westminster Abbey. It could be in April 2011.

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The Guardian

guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/23/bishop-pete-broadbent-suspended-royal-wedding

BBC

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