Overview

• In fresh interviews, Cherry Vann said she has never heard God condemn her orientation and argued that biblical prohibitions address abusive sex rather than loving same-sex relationships.
• She said she expects the Church in Wales to allow same-sex weddings in the “not too distant future” but emphasized she will not use her office to force any change.
• GAFCON chair Laurent Mbanda labeled her election “an act of apostasy,” and Nigeria’s Anglican leaders said they have cut ties over the appointment.
• Vann appealed for conservatives to remain within the Anglican family, calling for mutual respect across differing convictions.
• Elected by a two-thirds majority in July, she is the UK’s first female archbishop, remains Bishop of Monmouth, and is due to be enthroned at Newport Cathedral later this year.