Church Commissioners written question – answered at on 26 October 2023.
Ben Bradshaw
Labour, Exeter
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church commissioners, what physical acts the Church refers to when teaching that sexual intimacy outside of marriage is forbidden.
Andrew Selous
The Second Church Estates Commissioner, The Second Church Estates Commissioner
The Living in Love and Faith process has always sought to recognise that the expression of sexual intimacy between two people cannot be reduced to a small set of defined actions.
Yes8 people think so
No19 people think not
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