http://www.sltrib.com/Blogs/faithblog Stories from The Salt Lake Tribune &copy; 2013 The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/56476707-180/gay-church-clergy-having.html.csp Openly gay clergy in the Anglican Church can be considered as bishop candidates, but only if they are not having sex. “Under a new policy any priest in a civil partnership will have to convince an archbishop that they are not sexually active before their name can go forward,” John Bingham writes in The Telegraph. Bingham reports that a briefing paper drawn up by the church’s legal office says that “sexual orientation should be ‘irrelevant’ in assessing someone’s suitability to become a bishop. ... <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/56476707-180/gay-church-clergy-having.html.csp">Gay Anglican priests can be bishops — if they’re not having sex</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56476707-2013-06-18T10-02-04-06-00/MAI/sltrib56476707-2013-06-18T10-02-04-06-00/E/prod/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span Class="Author Vcard"><span Class="Fn">the Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-06-18T10:02:04-06:00">Published Jun 18, 2013 10:02AM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Openly gay clergy in the Anglican Church can be considered as bishop candidates, but only if they are not having sex. “Under a new policy any priest in a civil partnership will have to convince an archbishop that they are not sexually active before their name can go forward,” John Bingham writes in The Telegraph. Bingham reports that a briefing paper drawn up by the church’s legal office says that “sexual orientation should be ‘irrelevant’ in assessing someone’s suitability to become a bishop. ...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/> 56476707@www.sltrib.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:02:04 MDT