Overview

• Cherry Vann was elected in July as the 15th Archbishop of Wales by the church’s electoral college, succeeding Andrew John after a safeguarding review at Bangor Cathedral prompted his resignation.
• In interviews with Premier Christian News, Vann defended her civil partnership and said she has never heard God condemn who she is or whom she loves.
• She said she expects the Church in Wales to permit same‑sex marriages in the “not too distant future” but emphasized that she will not push the policy through by fiat.
• The Anglican Church of Nigeria rejected her election as an abomination and said it has broken ties with the Church in Wales, while GAFCON chair Laurent Mbanda called the move an act of apostasy.
• Pakistan’s Anglican bishops issued an open letter expressing “deep concern and grief,” warning the decision destabilizes shared beliefs and complicates Christian witness where homosexuality is illegal.