U.K. School Chaplain Reported as Terrorist for Questioning LGBT Activists Set to Appeal Legal Ruling Against Him

A school The United Kingdom’s Chaplain He claims that he was made unemployed after being fired.

Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall was an ordained Church of England minister. He sued Trent College, Derbyshire, England for discrimination harassment victimization and unfair dismissal. A statement His legal counsel at London’s Christian Legal Centre.

Randall was an ex-chaplain at Christ’s College Cambridge, and served five year as Trent College chaplain. Fox News Digital explains He was fired from school last September after a 2019 sermon in which he told students that they were free to make their own decisions about claims of LGBTQ identity politics.

Employment Judge Victoria Butler, who heard Randall’s case at the East Midlands Employment Tribunal last Sept., issued a verdict against Randall last Thursday. “the duty to safeguard pupils from the risk of harm and the requirement to comply with the Independent Schools Standards Regulator outweigh the Claimant’s right to express his beliefs in the manner he did in a school environment.”

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Rev. Rev. Bernard Randall is appealing against an employment tribunal ruling against his after he claims that he was “blacklisted” Following a sermon that questioned LGBT activists. (Christian Concern)

“I gave a sermon in chapel saying you don’t have to accept anybody’s ideology, you make up your own mind,” Randall spoke to Fox News Digital about his sermon. remains available online. “On certain issues, LGBT activists and Christians are in full agreement: there should be no discrimination, no one should be attacked personally or whatever. But there are issues where there’s disagreement.”

Randall gave a sermon explaining the Church of England’s traditional teachings about marriage, sexuality, and gender to his students, who ranged in age from 11-17 years. Randall stressed that they weren’t required to accept the statements made by LGBTQ activists, and that they had the right under English law to have their own views on these topics.

Randall claimed that his sermon was the result of a chapel request by one of his pupils. “have to accept” A Christian school that embraces LGBTQ ideology

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The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Bromley (South London) is covered by a rainbow flag (Darko Milinarevic via Getty Images).

Trent College is an affiliate of the Church of EnglandElly Barnes, founder and CEO of the LGBTQ education charity Educate and Celebrate had been brought in by a previous school staff member. According to reports, she encouraged staff to chant. “smash heteronormativity” Randall warned that the training session was against the school’s Protestant evangelical faith.

Randall claimed that school leaders took exception to Randall’s sermon. “dragged” him in for “interrogation” Before suspending him and finally firing him. He claimed that the school’s designated safeguarding leader also reported him to Prevent. Prevent investigates terrorist allegations in the U.K. but he was not a threat.

Right Rev. Bishop Of Derby Libby Lane (second right) sings during a celebration to mark 25 years since the ordination of women into the Church of England at Lambeth Palace in London. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images

Randall’s lawyers claim that he was also “blacklisted” The Rt. Rev. Rev. “moderate risk to children” After his dismissal from Trent College.

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Lawyers for the bishop claimed that Randall was not employed by the diocesan and that his claims are not subject to an employment tribunal. However, Randall’s lawyers claim that Lane’s actions make him ineligible as a priest and should therefore be heard in this forum.

Randall claims that the diocese has not clarified the nature of the allegations against him, and that no evidence has ever been presented to support any claims of wrongdoing.

“Even the Spanish Inquisition told people what the charges were.”

— Bernard Randall

“I’m being charged with wrongthink,” Randall made the statement in a statement just before the preliminary hearing, which began on Thursday. “There is no allegation that my behavior toward any person has ever fallen below proper standards. Only my thinking is being checked. Even the Spanish Inquisition told people what the charges were.”

Randall’s legal struggle comes amid deep divisions in the Anglican Communion about sexuality and gender. The archbishop of Canterbury was recently dismissed by the global south’s archbishops. (Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images

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Randall’s legal fight comes at a time when the global Anglican Communion faces deep divisions about sexuality and gender. Anglican leaders in global South last week Rejected the leadership Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury in a scornful letter sent after the Church of England voted earlier in the month to give blessings for gay couples.

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